KYO condemns Imphal violence
Diphu, December 27 (MExN): The Karbi Youth Organisation (KYO) has strongly condemned the recent attack on religious institutions and the burning down of vehicles in Manipur and has further demanded that the culprits responsible be arrested immediately and punished.
In a press note, KYO while appealing for communal harmony termed the attacks “unfortunate” and added that “devilish act of some” may create differences among Nagas and Meiteis.
Flaying the State and the Central governments over the slow reaction in controlling the situation, the KYO advised the governments to take responsibility and restore peace. “The government should have initiated steps to contain violence,” it maintained.
Tripura BJP leader beaten to death, one arrested
Agartala, December 27 (HT): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was beaten to death by a man at a tribal-dominated village in Tripura’s Dhalai district on Monday evening, police said on Tuesday.
An official at the Gandacherra police station said they have arrested the man, Biswada Tripura, who killed Chanmohan Tripura. Police have said the accused is mentally retarded.
However, the BJP alleged that Chanmohan, who was the chief of the party’s Janajati Yuva Morcha, Gandacherra Mandal committee and also an elected member of Dalpati ADC village committee, was killed by the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres.
Police said the post-mortem examination of the body would be conducted on Tuesday.
Abducted minor boy rescued in Shillong
Shillong, December 27 (PTI): A seven-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh allegedly by a couple, was rescued from a hotel here on Sunday, police said.
The couple had kidnapped the boy from Jhuara village following which they came to the capital of Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills SP M Kharkhrang said.
He said after receiving information from Sultanpur Police, a check was conducted in the hotel which led to the victim's rescue, he said.
The accused were identified as Shyamsundar Shitala Prasad Shukla and his wife Shalini Shyamsundar Shukla and both hail from Nongmynsong area in the city.
They have been arrested.
The SP said the accused were earlier arrested in a similar case.
