Independent candidate seeks punishment to Assam Rifles personnel
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 29 2015 :
An Independent candidate of the recently held ADC polls, Daniel Leivon Lamkang on Monday met Governor Syed Ahmed and apprised him of the incident wherein he was physically assaulted and robbed of cash allegedly by personnel of 22 Assam Rifles at Waikhong and Kakching Khunou Lamkhai on the night of May 28.During the meeting Lamkang demanded the Governor that the erring security personnel must be punished, a release said.
He demanded that court martial proceeding be initiated against all the 22 Assam Rifles personnel involved in the crime and return his money which had been snatched away by them.
Leivon requested the Governor that the 22 Assam Rifles post at Kakching, Thoubal district should be shifted to somewhere else outside the State and execute the prevailing Lamkang Naga tribal customary law against the security personnel particularly the personnel who attempted to shoot him, the release said.