Imphal, April 24: Strongly condemning severe thrashing of three prominent citizens of Senapati district on April 23 night by some persons claiming to be UG activists, the Senapati District Students' Association (SDSA), Maram Students' union, mao Students' Union, Poumei Students' Union, Thangal Students' Union and Zeliangrong Students' union (Senapati) demanded appropriate action by authorities concerned immediately failing which the student bodies would be constrained to take up befitting action.

According to an SDSA release, headman of Daili village H Stephen, former village secretary Kh Losii, who is also the secretary of rosary School Managing Board, and Parish Priest of Rosary School were picked from their respective homes at around 7 pm of April 23 and whisked away to a forest area by the unidentified persons.

Maintaining that the UG suspects asked the trio to bend down and began to rain blows and kicks at the three with H Stephen and Kh Losii at the receiving end of the brutal thrashing.

Upon enquiry of injuries suffered by the three and likely reason for such action, the victims recounted of the assailants claiming to be UG cadres and demanding money from Rosary School to which village and school authorities declined, conveyed the SDSA.

Stating that SDSA views the incident in all seriousness, the student's body said, "In Naga customary law and as Christians, the headman and missionary workers are held in high esteem and assaulting them should be condemned in the strongest term by one and all.

"Schools, wherever they are located is a place of education and threats of any kind by any organisation especially in the form of financial demands is nothing less than asking the institution to close down," SDSA fumed.

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