Imphal, May 26: A 41-year old lawyer has been in the habit of sending dirty messages and pictures through his mobile phone to a young married woman has been pulled up by volunteers of Ethno Heritage Council (HERICOUN).

He is identified as Wangjam Piba (41) s/o Late Wangjam Mukta of Palace Compound, Thangapat Mapal.

Piba is said to be married man having a daughter and currently practising under a High Court lawyer.

Parading him before mediapersons at office of HERICOUN this evening, assistant general secretary of HERICOUN Laishram Babloo informed that following a complaint received by HERICOUN in connection with sending dirty jokes and pictures through the mobile phone to a young married woman for the last 2-3 months, HERICOUN investigated and approached the service provider concerned and found out that said mobile phone belongs to Piba.

Consequently, he was arrested from his house today.

Babloo said although the misconduct of Piba comes under the ambit of cyber crime and legal action could be taken up against him, considering his action as the first offence, Piba would be handed over to his family members after giving necessary advice against such indulgences in future.

He also appealed to all the service providers of mobile phones for support and co-operation in containing such cyber crimes related to mobile phones.

Piba accepted the charges levelled against him by HERICOUN and pledged not to commit such misdeeds in future.

Road woes: Taking strong exception to the failure of the authority concerned to take notice of the dilapidated condition of the road from Shri Shri Givindajee Temple to Mahabali Hanuman Temple and from Sanjenthong road to Mahabali Hanuman Temple, Mahabali Kabui Youth Club has appealed to the authority concern to repair the damaged roads at the earliest.

Asserting that the dilapidated roads have been causing inconveniences to the local people as well as to people who come to the two famous temples, it further warned of resorting to bandh/blockade of these roads in case the authority fails to take up positive actions at the earliest.

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