Arrested students refuse to get bail on PR bond, women stage sit in protest
Source: The Sangai Express

Jiribam, December 11 2019: The student's leaders of All Manipur Students Union (AMSU), Jiribam District Committee who were arrested by the Jiribam District police during the total shut down agitation opposing the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 have refused to get bail on signing PR bond.

Today, the District Police brought them before the Civil Judge Junior Division/Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jiribam Court.

During the hearing, the Jiribam Police submitted a prayer before the Judge to remand them into Judicial custody for 15 days, in which the Judge has accepted the prayer.

They were arrested by District police Jiribam at around 4.30 pm yesterday.

Arrested students refuse to get bail on PR bond, women stage sit in protest

The arrested student's leaders are Y Sanjiv Singh, advisor AMSU District Committee, Jiribam; W Democha Singh, president, Thanil Thokchom, general Secretary, M Bishal Singh, HRD secretary, N Tony Singh and Aheibam Ratan Singh.

When they came out from the Courtroom after the hearing, the arrested student's leaders chanted slogans such as "Long Live Manipur" and We opposed CAB in Manipur" .

Meanwhile, denouncing the arrest of student leaders of Jiribam by the security forces on December 10, eleven meira paibi lups of the district staged a sit-in protest in front of All Jiribam Meira Paibi (AJMP) gate, today.

Speaking to media persons by the sideline of the protest demonstration, AJMP's president S Sushila Devi claimed that the lups have not received any positive response from the authority concerned till date regarding their request to meet the arrested students.

She then urged all concerned to release the arrested student's leaders without any condition at the earliest.

General secretary of WASED Jiribam, Yumnam Ragini Devi also claimed that detention of the student leaders who were sent to raise a banner for Nupi Lan celebration by the security personnel is a condemnable act.

Saying that no such incident has ever happened in the district before, she cautioned that intense agitation will be launched if the students are not released at the earliest.