Cong supporters attack Chaoba, entourage
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 01 2015 :
A team of Manipur unit of BJP led by its president Th Chaoba was reportedly chased and pelted stones by a group of Congress workers in Sandangshenba Maring village under Sadar Hills District Council in Senapati district during polling on Monday.
The incident happened around 8 am when Chaoba along with party candidate P Morung, general secretary Ashinikumar and some workers came to personally oversee the polling process at Polling Station 6/30 in Nongmaiching UJB School.
The minute the BJP team came out of the booth a heated argument ensued between INC candidate Dominic and P Morung.
Then, a group of stone-throwing INC workers gathered at the site and started targeting the vehicles of the BJP team.
One Alto car was damaged in the stone pelting and driver was manhandled by the Congress workers.
The car driver, a BJP worker, was identified as P Modar (28).He fled the site leaving behind his car.
Later, a team of Irilbung Police recovered the vehicle.
Another BJP woman worker, K Marina (36) was also assaulted by the wife of Congress candidate.
She almost floored K Marina by yanking her hair.
Reports said that that there were sporadic skirmishes between two groups of BJP and Congress workers in the area for sometime.