Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 01 2010:
Two day after the students of Johnstone Higher Secondary School caught an extortionist and handed him over to the police, a similar instance occurred today at Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School, New Chekon located no so far away from the Porompat Police Station of Imphal East district.
The extortionist caught by the students was identified as Mutum Jacky alias Anand (28) son of M Ratan of Bashikhong Kitna Punung in Imphal East district.
Students caught him at about 10.30 am while he was confronting the teachers over monetary demands.
The youth caught by the students claimed that he was sent by a police commando by the name of Nanao posted at Imphal West Police Commando unit.
Students and teachers of the school said that Jacky who came to the school at about 10.30 am identified himself as an activist of the KCP (Noyon) group and insisted the teachers to pay Rs 5000 each.
He also threatened to hurl bombs and attack the teachers.
When the teachers refused to pay a quarrel erupted which alarmed the students.
On seeing the students rushing towards him, Jacky ran away to the school toilet where he was found contacting a person later found to be a VDF personnel by the name S Manao (mobile phone no.9862574186) .
With tension high in the school, a team of police commandos rushed to the spot and attempted to take away Jacky.
Students and teachers tried to prevent it saying that they would hand him over after being produced before the media.
But the police commandos left the school taking away Jacky.
Later, at the Imphal East PS, police said that Jacky was a drug addict, who consumes SP-Capsule, and he could have tried to extort money from the teachers to meet his expenditure.
Talking to reporters, Jacky, in the police station, said that the mobile phone he possessed was given by one VDF in Imphal west police S Manao who asked him to have a close watch on undergrounds coming to extort money at some schools like Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School, CC Higher Secondary School, DM Colleges of Arts, Commerce and Science.
Manao also instructed him to inform if any suspect persons enter the school.
Many other phone numbers of VDF personnel and that of IRB personnel were also found in his mobile handset.
Later, SP, Imphal East district, Th Radeshyam cautioned the public from such youths who engage in extortion of money through falsehood.