Premier cinema show at BOAT aborted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 23 2012:
Premier show of the Sanarei Film Production's Sanamatum which was planned for screening at BOAT this evening was aborted by players and coaches of the Eastern Iron Gym.
It is reported that some people were trying the screen the feature film as a charity show in the name of the Eastern Iron Gym without its knowledge.
At about 4 pm today, the gym's coach Pebam Robindro and some players came to BOAT and told the organisers they could not use the gym's name and it led to some altercation between the two sides.
After this police were informed but when a team of Porompat Police arrived at BOAT, all the organisers had disappeared.
Nevertheless, police succeeded in pulling up one individual who was involved in arranging the premier show, and he has been identified as Huirem Inao of Naharup Huirem Leikai.
According to Inao, the main organisers of the premier show are Thangjam Sobha and Athokpam Boris of Naharup Huirem Leikai, L Pralada and Guno of Bamon Kampu.
Together with Sobha, Boris and Guno, Inao went to coach Robindro's house only once for organising the premier show in the name of Eastern Iron Gym.
But Ronbindro was not at home on the particular day.
Since then, Inao stopped his involvement in organising the charity show.
"I came to BOAT today only to watch the movie", Inao said.
Robindro said that he had already made it clear that no charity show should be organised in the name of the gym.
However, some of his players came with tickets of the charity show today.
"On learning this, we immediately went to BOAT to stop the show", Robindro.
The shield of Eastern Iron Gym embossed on the tickets was a forged one, he added.
Police have, meanwhile, seized the forged shield of
Eastern Iron Gym.