Irom Sharmila donates Rs 4 lakh to Red Cross
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 14 2014 :
Prior to her rearrest, anti-AFSPA campaigner Irom Chanu Sharmila donated Rs 4 lakh to International Committee for Red Cross Society through All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) today.
Before she was taken away by a police team from the protesters' shed of Sharmila Kanba Lup, the marathon hunger striker handed over a cheque of Rs 4 lakh to AMWJU member and ISTV Reporter Richard Ranjan to hand it over to the representatives of International Committee for Red Cross Society.
Sharmila told reporters that she wanted to contribute her bit to the cause of the International Committee.
Later, she was rearrested amidst din and protest from her supporters, mainly womenfolk.
Even as police asked Sharmila to go with them, the marathon hunger striker and her supporters protested their move.
Later, the police team forcibly boarded Sharmila in a police van and took her away.