RTI activist W Joykumar jailed
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, February 02 2023:
The court of CJM Thoubal on Thursday sent RTI activist and advocate Wahengbam Joykumar (52) s/o (L) Birmu of Wangkhei Hijam Leikai, who was arrested by Thoubal police on January 28 in connection with the fatal shooting of BJP Manipur Pradesh Ex-Servicemen Cell convenor Laishram Rameshwor on January 24, to judicial remand.
On hearing news that the accused would be produced in the court of CJM Thoubal on Thursday, a large number of JAC members and womenfolk from Thoubal Kshetri Leikai stormed the court.
They shouted slogans against granting bail to Joykumar, awarding strict punishment like the death penalty to Joykumar, who, they said, has been misusing RTI to make money.
Speaking on the sidelines of the protest, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai Meira Paibi Lup president Khumanthem Sumo Devi refuted the statements given by main accused Ayekpam Keshworjit's wife Romila, pleading her husband's innocence.
Sumo continued that by claiming innocence, they are only further highlighting their involvement in the killing and as such, she urged for immediate arrest of the involved people.