Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 19:
Hundreds of womenfolk and school children from Saikul area today staged a sit-in-protest demonstration at Saikul Bazar against brutal killing of Th Manorama and Pastor of Saichang village Jamkholet Khongsai by Assam Rifles personnel.
The demonstration was held from 9 am to 3 pm.
It was jointly organized by Women's.Union Saikul Area and Ikou Meira Paibi Lup.
Festoons and banners with slogans demanding removal of Armed Forces Special Power Act and denouncing the atrocities of security personnel were put up at the site of the demonstration.
Meanwhile, Kuki Inpi has come out strongly in condemnation of the 'twin murder' of Thangjam Manorama and Pastor Jamkholet Khongsai by Assam Rifles personnel and clamping of 144 Cr PC to muffle the voice of the people against the atrocities being committed by security forces on the people of Manipur.
An Inpi statement said that crimes committed by Assam Rifles personnel on Thangjam Manorama and Pastor Jamkholet was heinously unthinkable.