Tahamzam, (Senapati), October 31 (MExN): The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) had strongly condemned the alleged “incident of the unwarranted manhandling, arrest, detention and torture” of M. Angamba Meitei and his colleagues by Manipur Police at Manipur University on October 29. Meitei is the president of Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM). Such act is an insult to Civil Society Organizations and students’ body in particular and condemnable by one and all, ANSAM stated in a press statement issued by its Publicity Wing. The incident at Manipur University Campus was simply a testimony of the Manipur police personnel’s immaturity and cowardice which has always depended on force and violence instead of enforcing the rule of law, it said. The police commandos’ duty is to enforce the law of the land, protect life and uphold the dignity of the people, not detaining, insulting, threatening or taking away dignity, ANSAM further maintained. Questioning the police's “violence and brutalities,” ANSAM urged the Government of Manipur to “discipline their police personnel to respect citizen and Human Rights” and to maintain “close surveillance” on the activities of JAC, Manipur University and the Manipur University Authority. The law of the land must address the incident in a befitting measure, it added.
