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Protest erupts at Tentha
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, December 20 2016:
Protest erupted at Tentha yesterday after MLA Paonam Brojen and his escorts allegedly picked up two persons from Tentha at around 3:15 pm yesterday and handed them over to Khongjom police station, our correspondent reports.
The duo that were picked up by the MLA and his escorts yesterday are BJP Yuva Morcha Tentha Unit general secretary Naorem Kabilan (35), s/o N Mera of Tentha Tuwabal and his driver Laimujam Tondomba.
BJP Manipur Pradesh vice-president and former Minister M Hemanta said Kaliban and his driver Tondomba are active BJP workers.
They were picked up from Tentha by MLA Paonam Brojen and his escorts and left at Khongjom police station.
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The MLA has no authority to arrest any person, Hemanta said.
A complaint has been filed against the MLA at Khongjom Police Station on the matter appealing the concerned to take up stern action.
Kaliban and Tondomba were released unconditionally from the police custody at around 9:30 pm yesterday.
Speaking to this correspondent, Kaliban said the MLA along with his escorts drove close to the area where they had parked their vehicle and forcibly took away their mobile phones.
They were asked to turn their vehicle around and then forced to get in on the MLA's vehicle.
On their way to the police station the MLA's escorts threatened to kill them, Kaliban alleged.
Kaliban has demanded MLA Brojen to resign from his post on moral grounds and also to deliver their mobile phones to them personally.
A statement issued by MLA's PRO, on the other hand said Kaliban and his driver refused to let the MLA's vehicle pass.
The MLA's team became suspicious as Kaliban's Gypsy, without any registration number, drove ahead refusing to let their vehicle pass.
The escorts stepped down and stopped the gypsy and found heaps of clubs and iron rods inside the vehicle.
Suspecting the duo to be involved in the August incident where Paonam Khelen and Paonam Kumar of Wangjing were attacked, the MLA's team took them to the police station for verification, it clarified.
In the meantime, Tentha Youth Front, supported by large number of womenfolk, staged a sit-in-protest on Tentha Khongbal road today decrying the MLA's action.
Placards inscribed with slogans like, MLA Brojen has gone senile, we condemn the arrest of innocent persons by MLA, etc, were displayed at the protest.
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