Two held for arson
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 16 2023:
While Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal East released on bail 12 persons who are accused of being part of a mob, two of them have been re-arrested on the charge of burning the house of Union Minister of State for External Affairs RK Ranjan.
The 12 persons were detained and arrested by the RAF from Imphal East and handed over to Porompat police station.
They were produced before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal East today along with a prayer for judicial custody remand.
On the other hand, defense counsels of the arrested persons filed a remand objection along with a prayer for releasing them on bail.
The Court, on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submissions of the APP and defense counsels, released them on bail.
Soon after they were released on bail, two of them were detained by a team of Irilbung police station in connection with an FIR registered in connection with the arson at the house of Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education RK Ranjan located at Kongba last night.
The two persons were allegedly part of a mob which set the house of RK Ranjan ablaze yesterday, said police.