Sit-in staged against gun attack
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 27 2022:
Condemning the gun attack at the house (kitchen) of one Wangkhem Lokeshwor (49) s/o (L) Khomei of Lamboikhongnangkhong under Lamphel PS; a sit-in protest was jointly staged by United Friends Library & Club and Lamboikhongnangkhong Apunba Nupi Lup at Lamboikhongnangkhong on, Tuesday.
During the sit-in, the protestors held placards inscribed with slogans "Stop gun culture" , "We condemn gun firing in residential area", etc.
Regarding the incident, Lokeshwor recounted that the family heard a sound on the tin sheet roof above the kitchen at around lam on Tuesday and assumed it be from stone pelting.
However, when the family woke up in the morning, the rain had drizzled down through a hole in the roof.
On closer inspection, a bullet was found in the area.
Appealing to the unknown gunmen not to repeat such acts in residential areas, he urged the authority concerned to look into the matter.
Meanwhile, Lamboikhongnangkhong Apunba Nupi Lup working president Paonam Bino requested all concerned not to fire guns in residential areas or repeat any such acts in Lamboikhongnangkhong area.