Imphal, May 17: Apunba Lup today said it would support any agitation to uphold the case of the Manipur University student who was shot at by a police commando on Wednesday.
The organisation extended its support to the joint action committee formed by the residents of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai, where the student lives, and will endorse any course of action taken by the committee. “We will extend full support to the agitation by the joint action committee of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai and also support the demand for action against the policeman involved in the shooting,” said Apunba Lup leader Phanjoubam Shakhi.
A police commando on duty shot at the right leg of Th. Ranjit Singh, a chemistry student, at Lairenpat in Imphal East district on Wednesday. Ranjit is undergoing treatment at a private clinic.
The police this morning arrested , Khumukcham Oken, 30, from the commando complex in Imphal East. Oken is a rifleman of the 1st Manipur Rifles, now attached to the Imphal East commando unit.
He was produced in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal, and remanded for three days’ in police custody.
The police said the commando has been placed under suspension.The residents of the student’s locality yesterday formed the joint action committee and submitted a memorandum to chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh with their charter of demands.
The demands include termination of service of the policeman involved in the incident, a government job for the injured and payment of the medical bills for his treatment. The action committee threatened to intensify its agitation if the demands were not met.
The delegation, however, could not meet the chief minister. Today, they held a meeting to reaffirm the demands. Local panchayat pradhan M. Tomba Singh attended the meeting.
Shakhi demanded an immediate end to brutalities by security forces. The joint secretary of All Manipur Students Union, Paominthagn Mate, said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was to blame for excesses by both the police and security forces in Manipur.
