Imphal, March 2 NNN : The militant outfit Kuki National front (KNF) allegedly assaulted four persons by clubbing them in Prasain village in Senapati district only for the reason that they “gave votes for the Trinamool Congress” in the recent Manipur polls, leading them to rush to the hospital for treatment of their injuries after the incident, according to some Gorkha organisations..
According to Manipur Gorkha Welfare Union and others, the incident occurred just before midnight of March 1 when armed cadres of KNF— a signatory to Suspension of Operation (SoO) involving both the Central and State Governments—numbering about 10 descended to Prasain village under Senapati police station and thrashed four villagers nearby an open ground after driving them out of their houses, wounding them. One of them sustained serious injuries.
The four villagers were also subjected to torture and serious interrogation by the KNF cadres over allegedly voting for Trinamool Congress instead of Congress in the January 28 Manipur polls and warned them they would be “killed if the Trinamool candidate won in these polls,” according to some villagers.
The injured are Bishnu Prashad Bhrata Rai, 48, his brother Maghanath Bhrata Rai, 40, Dhan Bahadur Gurung, 40 and Ram Bahadur Gurung, 60, the one who got serious injuries. They are now undergoing treatment at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).
Meanwhile, Manipur Gurkha Welfare Union, Bharatiya Gurkha Parisanghah Manipur Unit, Manipur Gurkha Students’ Union and Manipur Gurkha Women Association have strongly condemned the incident wherein four persons were beaten up like anything by KNF cadres and termed the act inhuman.
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