Manipuri students demand probe over police excess at Silchar

Imphal, May 4: All Assam Manipuri Students Union (AAMSU) has condemned Assam University VC Prof PR Dhamala’s irresponsible reaction on Students’ sentiment and demanded resignation of University higher authorities over police excess to female agitators at University Gate on the mid night of May 2.
AAMSU HQ Vice-president Phanjoubam Lokenath said that students of the University residing in a nearby village called Irangmara staged protest demonstration demanding postpone of their Semester Examination which was scheduled to commence from May 2 as there were no electricity in their village for around two weeks.
When the agitators addressed their problem to VC, the VC instead of listening to their problems blamed the students for staying at Irangmara, said Lokenath.
On that midnight, the student agitators including girls were lathi charged by intoxicated male police personnel led by Cachar Police SP Rajeev Singh without any lady police at around 1.30 am of May 3.
Lokenath said the student body strongly condemned the inhuman act of Cachar Police and demanded concern authority to conduct departmental inquiry.
Volunteers of ABVP Silchar unit had also extended support to the demand of the AAMSU.
Irangmara is the most nearby village to the University where a large number of University students from Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Kolkata, and others are residing in rented houses.