Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 28 2009:
Demanding a judicial enquiry into the BT Road incident which claimed two lives and injured five persons, on July 23, simultaneous protest sittings were staged at different places today.
The protesters also demanded exemplary punishment of the commandos involved in the incident.
At all these places of protest sittings, festoons which read as "Institute Judicial Enquiry into Khwairamband Keithel firing", "Punish police commandos involved in killing innocent civilians", "Repeal AFSPA", "Stop fake encounters" etc were put up.
Members of Meira Paibi organisations based along Tiddim Road and women vendors staged a protest sitting on the same demand at Kwakeithel.
Similar protest sitting was also staged at Tera Keithel.
Meanwhile, in support of the demand for a judicial inquiry into the BT Road incident, Khwai ramband Keithel Semgat Sagatpa Lup, Manipur Keithel Phambi Apunba Lup, Street Vendors' Welfare Union (Khwairamband Bazar), Mani pur Keithel Nupi Marup and Khwairamband Nupi Keithel Sinpham Amadi Saktam Kanba Lup will stage a mass protest on July 30, from 7 am, according to a joint statement.