Manipur | KSO Calls for 24-Hours 'Bandh'

Imphal, June 5, 2019:

The Kuki Students’ Organization (KSO) has called for a 24-hours Manipur 'bandh' from Thursday midnight onwards. The student body has called the 'bandh' demanding the release of KSO members apprehended for their alleged involvement in an arson attack on a catholic school in the state. On April 25, Sugnu’s St. Joseph School was set on fire by unknown miscreants, destroying school properties worth over Rs 35 lakh.

Initially, the police arrested three of the KSO Gunpi block executives. Later, on May 16, seven executives surrendered to the Superintendent of Police, Kakching district, even as police was on a manhunt for the suspect in the arson attack, but the KSO publicity secretary David L. Gangte has said that no evidence has been found against them. The ten members are currently in judicial custody.

David L. Gangte, secretary of information of KSO general headquarters, vehemently condemned the continued detention of the KSO Gunpi Block executives who were accused in the arson act.

Gangte also denounced the authority for not sparing Thangzatet Haokip, the vice president of KSO Gunpi Block, who was seriously ill and suffering from an acute case of jaundice.

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