Wakat Meepham against lobbing bomb in residence
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 12 2011:
In protest of lobbing a bomb by unidentified armed persons at the residence of Pradhan of Borayangbi Gram Panchayat under Bishnupur district as well as the arrest of two Gram Panchayat members along with theirspouses by the Police Commandos on alleged charge of having links with PREPAK, people of the Gram Panchayat staged a Wakat Meepham today.
Unidentified armed persons lobbed a hand grenade at the residence of Pradhan Md Narul Islam (51) at around 8.30 pm on December 31 last.
The hand grenade did not explode and it was subsequently retrieved by a joint team of Bishnupur District Police and 33 Assam Rifles.
It is said that outlawed outfit, PREPAK has demanded money from the Gram Panchayat.
Apart from charging the Pradhan and the members of misusing the due wages for 100 days to be given under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the outfit has also demanded 50 percent of the total amount in question.