Imphal, February 19: Contending that Naga delegates, who were coming back after attending the Lui-Ngai-Ni festival, were attacked by some miscreants at the Telipati toll tax gate near Hatta, the Maring Students' Union has strongly condemned the partisan attitude of the Imphal East police.

In a statement, the student body said that the team was attacked near the said toll tax gate on February 17.As the miscreants stoned the vehicle carrying the delegates, one person received grievous head injuries.

On being asked who threw the stone, a person who was at the toll tax said that he threw the stone and hurled communal invectives at the team, charged the student body.

When the delegates requested the man not to repeat such action, he rang up the Porompat police station and accused the team without any reason.

A few minutes later, the police arrived and even after seeing the vehicle and the festoons, took away the injured man along with a friend.

The rest were told not to follow and stay put.

Executive members of the Maring Students' Union, Maring Uparup and Rural People's Federation urged the police not to take the injured man to the police station but it went in vain.

The delegates were told that the man was bring picked up at the instructions of the SP, said the student body.

On the way to the police station, the injured man and his friend were harassed, charged the student body.

After some time Executive members of the Maring Students' Union, Maring Uparup Assembly, Rural People's Federation and Maring Napuiya Yinglam went to the police station but they were not allowed to enter the station.

After some debate, two/three leaders were allowed inside the police station, said the statement and added that the officer in charge refused to release the men, and asked them to wait for the SP.

Even after 2/3 hours of waiting the officer did not come said the student body and added that the police personnel acted in a partisan manner.

The toll tax collector also snatched a mobile phone from the delegates and handed it over to the police, who refused to return it, charged the statement.

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