Sit in protest staged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 01 2018:
Students of Wisdom English School and womenfolk of Phayeng staged a sit in protest condemning the arrest of Ningthoujam Popilal (Headmaster of Wisdom English School) by Manipur police on September 28.Popilal was arrested from the school campus without an arrest warrant after an FIR was lodged against him at Imphal PS.
Briefing media persons during the agitation, Leichombam Erendro, convenor of PRJA, urged the State Government to release Popilal unconditionally and added that the current trend of arresting individuals without any arrest warrant, is very unfortunate.
Saying that the Government is violating the fundamental rights of the people given by the Constitution, he further demanded the State Government to release the arrested teachers and students of MU.
Angom Tomalei, secretary of Phayeng Womenfolk threatened to launch different forms of agitation if the State Government fails to release the arrested person at the earliest.
The authority of Wisdom English School also requested the State Government to release the headmaster.