Gunmen scare NPP candidate's wife, daughter
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 22 2022:
Unidentified gunmen opened fire towards a vehicle carrying wife and daughter of NPP candidate in Yaiskul assembly constituency Huidrom Vikramjit.
The firing occurred on Monday at about 10.30 pm near the gate of Vikramjit's residence at Wangkhei Thangjam Leikai.
Condemning the attack, locals of Wangkhei Thangjam Leikai and Tokpam Leikai staged sit-in protest on Tuesday.
NPP Mahila Yaiskul Block president Th Keinyatombi told media persons at the protest venue that no election related violence or untoward incident occurred in Yaiskul AC in the past elections.
However, vehicle carrying the NPP candidate's wife, daughter and local elders was attacked which is strongly condemnable even though no one was hurt, she-said and appealed to authority concerned to take the matter seriously and book all the culprits.
A local elder who was in the vehicle carrying Vikramjit's wife and daughter told media persons that a white colour Mercedes Benz followed them closely before reaching Vikramjit's house.
As the vehicle carrying the candidate' s wife and daughter was trying to enter the gate, one occupant in the Mercedes Benz car fired in the air before escaping from the spot.
During the sit-in, protestors held placards that read 'Gun cannot defeat democracy', 'Respect people's rights', 'We want peace' and shouted slogans against gun culture.