Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 13:
Reacting to a report published in the Chandigarh based Tribune in its Sunday edition wherein Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee denied that the Army or the Assam Rifles were involved in raping Th Manorama and quoted him as saying, "Still the troops had been held responsible for the crime committed by the State police there," the Manipur University Students Union today said that either the Defence Minister knows nothing about Manipur or else he is taunting the sentiments of the people.
In the face of such distorted facts presented by the Defence Minister, the State Government and the police should clarify on the matter, said MUSU or else the wrath of the people will be directed towards them, it warned.
The State Government should give a fitting reply to such false allegations, said MUSU and added that if they fail then the people will take the onus of presenting the true story to the rest of the world.
Such statement is nothing but an attempt by the Centre to throw the agitation of the people in the wrong light, charged the student body.