Sit-in protests threat to COCOMI coordinator
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 06 2024:
Condemning the threat and intimidation to Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) coordinator Th Somorendro by armed persons around 7.30 pm on Wednesday, locals of Nambol Thiyam Awang Leikai and Thiyam Maning Leikai staged sit-in protest at Maning Leikai community hall on Thursday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the sit-in, one Thokchom Sarolata informed that unknown masked gunmen came at the Thiyam Maning Leikai residence of Somorendro on Wednesday evening and threatened the family members as he could not be found at home.
The gunmen even set the trigger and pointed at the head of his wife Thokchom Premlata insisting that she would be shot in case her husband could not be produced.
Apart from ransacking household properties, the gunmen also caused damage to a van parked at the courtyard and the car of Somorendro, she lamented.
When queried for the act, the gunmen declined to respond, she continued, while demanding clarification from whoever was involved.
She also said that the incident amid the unrest situation in the state has created confusion and apprehension among the people and further appealed to all concerned not to repeat such acts in future.