KSO refutes report
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 13 2015 :
KSO, Moreh has clarified that the confrontation between the locals and police on February 12 occurred after an innocent student from the locality was tortured and beaten up by police commandoes.
In a statement released today, the students' organisation denied the involvement of 'a local with motorcycle or two persons with small arms.' It stated that an innocent student moving towards home on foot was badly beaten up by the security personnel without any specific reasons.
It further claimed that there was no sound of firing other than those coming from the side of the police commandoes.
According to the statement the local people charged the police team to save the victim resulting in the police commando firing several times to disperse them.
KSO, Moreh stated that it strongly condemned the incident and appealed to the state government to withdraw the police commando unit at Moreh in public interest to avoid further untoward incident.