Richard Loitam murder case: Sit-in staged in Bangalore
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 20 2012:
Rejecting the forensic report over the death of Richard Loitam and demanding a CBI probe into the case, a sit-in protest was staged at Bangalore Town Hall this evening.
The protest demonstration which was organised by North East Forum was attended by members of Committee on Justice for Richard, a committee formed by 10 organisations including Kuki Students Organisation (Bangalore), Bangalore Manipuri Students Association, Hmar Students Association (Bangalore), Zeliangrong Students Union (Bangalore), Tangkhul Students Union (Bangalore), Mizo Students Association (Bangalore), Assam Society of Bangalore, Zoumi Youth Association (Bangalore), Manipuri Meetei Association (Bangalore) and Naga Students Union (Bangalore) .
Many Human Rights activists and volunteers of CSOs from North East India also showed up to express their solidarity to the cause.
The protestors demanded fresh investigation into the case and a second opinion on the post mortem report sent to CFL.