Manipur govt labels Leichobam Erendro a 'habitual offender'

The Manipur government on Monday told the Supreme Court that activist Leichobam Erendro is a “habitual offender” with four cases pending against him, including uploading a video on Facebook in which he and his friends were seen hurling eggs on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posters.

Erendro was earlier detained under the National Security Act for critical Facebook posts over cow urine and dung being a cure for Covid-19 patients.

Citing a number of apex court earlier judgments, the state has pleaded that the law enforcing agencies have a right to detain and arrest offenders and criminals and there was also no instance of Erendro being subjected to any form of custodial violence, hence he was not entitled to any form of compensation.