KSO condemns extortion, killing
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, June 18 2022: While condemning the act of terrorising educational institutions and students through extortion, Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Churachandpur District has appealed to the state government to take up effective measures to stop victimisation of students and prevent use of educational institutions as tools for ransom.

In a release, KSO Churachandpur information & publicity secretary T Samuel Guite stated that in a sign of growing boldness to widen extortion ahd tighten their grip in the region, an armed organisation Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) is learnt to have served monetary demands to some members of the Churachandpur District Private Schools & Colleges' Association (CD-PSCA) .

Unsurprisingly, this development comes in the backdrop of recent 1ED blast at the gate of Little Flower School, imphal after an alleged monetary demands served to several private schools by militant groups.

Armed militant groups in the state have, arguably, became more aggressive and frightening as they threaten their targets with bombings and murders, it observed.

The KSO unit also condemned the murder of Anand Gupta on Friday by unknown miscreant(s) and questioned the district administration and police as to how could such unwanted killing which has the propensity to disturb law and order could be meted out to the civilian right under their nose.

The onus now falls upon the district administration to show its commitment by working with the police to pursue those responsible for this heinous act, it said.

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