Imphal | May 21: The five arrested cadres of National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isaac Muivah (NSCN/GPRN) have been set free in the wee hours of Saturday following mounting pressure from an enraged womenfolk who had gheraoed the convoy of the Assam Rifles in Senapati yesterday. According to the police, at around 2 pm Friday five cadres of NSCN/GPRN were arrested by personnel of 5 Assam Rifles from Senapati bazaar in Manipur. Even as the arrested cadres were being transferred from Senapati bazaar to Imphal, a group of local womenfolk gathered at Ningthoupham village along national highway 39 in Senapati district and gheraoed the convoy demanding their release.
News from the spot confirmed Saturday that the arrested cadres have been released by 5 Assam Rifles in the wee hours of Saturday under duress from the agitating womenfolk who demanded their release. However, on what condition the five arrested cadres have been released cannot be confirmed and their identities were not divulged by the police. The enraged womenfolk had Friday demanded for the release of the arrested cadres and they are not willing to let the convoy of the 5 Assam Rifles pass until their demand to release them was conceded to.
News from the spot confirmed Saturday that the arrested cadres have been released by 5 Assam Rifles in the wee hours of Saturday under duress from the agitating womenfolk who demanded their release. However, on what condition the five arrested cadres have been released cannot be confirmed and their identities were not divulged by the police. The enraged womenfolk had Friday demanded for the release of the arrested cadres and they are not willing to let the convoy of the 5 Assam Rifles pass until their demand to release them was conceded to.
