Uripok protests, blocks road
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 10 2016:
Locals of
Uripok Sorbon Thingel and
Gopalji Leirak and surrounding
localities today staged protest
and blocked Uripok-Kangchup
road from around 1 pm against
the brutal assault of a woman by
the police on May 8 night.
The victim identified as
Tourangbam (O) Tarini has
been staging a hunger strike
at Sorbon Thingel demanding
action against the involved
police personnel since yester-
day.
A protester said that a
police team beat some youths
at Gopalji Leirak in the night
of May 8 .
When Tarini requested the police team not to thrash the youths in
such a manner, a policeman turned towards the woman and alleg-
edly beat her mercilessly.
Her left hand was fractured and she has
bruise marks all over her body as well, the protester said.
Although, the locals had approached the local MLA L
Nandakumar, he had not given any response to the demand
of the locals, the protester said.
As such, they have decided to boycott him until a solution
is brought, she said and added that Uripok locals would
continue agitation until action against the involved police
personnel is taken.
No untoward incident was reported during today's protest.