Locals rescue former UG cadre from security forces
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 25 2015 :
A combined force of Bishnupur Police Commando and 12 Bihar Regiment tried to whisk away a former underground cadre at Khongman Zone III Mayai Leikai on Friday around 3 am from his residence, but intervention from the locals rescued him from the hands of the security forces.
Lisham Bobo (45) s/o Chaoba of joined one underground organization 21 years back, but he quit it long before, according to local sources.
The locals rescued Bobo when the combined forces tried to take him away at the early hour, said one local person and added that Bobo has two children and owns a grocery shop.
One drunken personnel of the Bihar Regiment also threatened to shoot dead Bobo wherever he meet him, alleged the local person.
A sit-in protest was also organised by the locals at the community hall of Khongman Zone III Mayai Leikai against the incident.
Condemning the act of the combined forces which tried to torture a civilian, a woman protester said that the Government should be held responsible if anything happens to Bobo in future.