Imphal, September 02: Strongly condemning the act of firing at the Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai residence of Assistant Engineer in Tribal Welfare Department Haobam Subashchandra at about 7.30 pm yesterday, a protest sitting was staged today at Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai.

At the venue of the protest demonstration which was jointly organised by Youth Development Organisation, Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai and Apunba Leikai Meira Paibi Lup.

Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai, placards which read as "We hate sounds of guns".

"We want peace", "Act according to aspirations of people", "Don't turn weapons to public", "Let's give up gun culture", "Don't undertake firing attacks in civilian inhabited areas" etc.

According to the wife of Subashchandra, two unidentified youths came to their house yesterday and said that Subashchandra did not come to the place they asked for.

Asking their activities appeared to be jokes, the two youths opened fire at the house.

At the time of firing, Subashchandra was not at home, she said.

One 65 year old woman who lives next door to Subashchandra conveyed that most of her grandchildren did not take their meals on hearing sounds of the firing.

Saying that they also stopped reading after the firing, the woman appealed to all concerned to refrain from any activity that may intimidate common people, specially small children.