Manipur scribe, activist booked under NSA for Facebook post on BJP leader’s death
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After State unit social gathering chief died of COVID-19, they commented that cow urine, dung weren’t cures
The police in Manipur capital Imphal have booked journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem and political activist Erendro Leichombam under the National Security Act of 1980 over their Facebook posts allegedly deriding the death of State BJP president S. Tikendra Singh.
The duo was arrested on May 13 after the BJP chief succumbed to COVID-19. Referring to his death, each had commented that cow urine and dung weren’t cures for an infection by the virus.
Their arrest was based mostly on a grievance filed by Manipur BJP normal secretary P. Premananda Meetei and vice-president Usham Deban Singh.
An order issued by Imphal West District Magistrate Th. Kirankumar on Monday mentioned Mr. Wangkhem “be detained under Section 3(2) of National Security Act, 1980, until further orders as and when he is released on bail”.
The journalist and Mr. Leichombam had been subsequently booked under NSA, Imphal West’s Superintendent of Police L. Meghachandra Singh mentioned.
On Monday, the district’s Chief Judicial Magistrate granted bail to the duo on the execution of a private recognisance bond of ₹50,000 every with “a surety bond of a like amount” on situation that they won’t repeat a “similar offence in the future” and be accessible for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required.
Both Mr. Wangkhem, 41, and Mr. Leichombam, 40, had been arrested twice earlier on fees of sedition and for criticising the federal government.
The latter is the founding father of the People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance, a political social gathering whose candidate within the 2017 Manipur elections included rights activist Irom Sharmila.
Mr. Wangkhem was launched in April 2019 after being detained for four-and-a-half months under the NSA for allegedly derogatory feedback towards the BJP-led authorities within the State and utilizing expletives whereas referring to Chief Minister N. Biren Singh.
A sedition case was filed towards Mr. Leichombam in July 2020 over a Facebook post wherein he was allegedly essential of the State’s titular king Sanajaoba Leishemba after his election to the Rajya Sabha as a BJP member.
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