Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 24:
Intensifying its drive against intoxicants and Mitha Patas (Mitha Manas), cadres of the proscribed RPF pulled up one woman trader in the banned items as well as the driver and owner of the vehicle in which the items were smuggled in on January 22 .
Parading the woman peddler and the others somewhere at Bishnupur district today evening, a spokesman of the outfit identified her as Th Takon Devi (55) of Kakching Khunou Awang Leikai while the driver of the Mini Tata was identified as S Kumar.
The owner is identified as Angom Ratan of Kakching Khunou Angom Leikai.
As a penalty the woman was tonsured and banned from venturing outside.
The driver was also tonsured and whipped twenty times as well as being banned from going outside.
The owner was punished with the penalty that the vehicle will not be allowed to ply for five months, said the spokesman.