Manipur Activist Babloo Loitongbam’s Home Attacked; UN Human Rights Express Shock.
This comes after reports emerged that a mob had allegedly stormed the residence of Loitongbam at Kwakeithel in Imphal West on Thursday evening.
IMPHAL- The United Nations Human Rights Council has expressed their shock and concern over threats to rights activist Babloo Loitongbam in Manipur.
This comes after reports emerged that a mob had allegedly stormed the residence of Loitongbam at Kwakeithel in Imphal West on Thursday evening.
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The UN Human Rights council urged authorities of Manipur to protect the human rights activist and his family, and also nab the perpetrators.
Taking to Platform X, the international rights panel wrote, “#India: We are alarmed by threats to human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam by Meitei Leepun & Arambai Tengol groups in Manipur for speaking out on inter-communal violence since May. We urge authorities to protect him, his family & home, & hold perpetrators accountable.”
Police said that a mob vandalised the house of Loitongbam in Kwakeithel area of Imphal West district on Thursday night.
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“Loitongbam is now outside the country and no one from his family was injured in the attack. There was some damage to his house,” a police officer said.
The officer, quoting family sources said that a mob of around 30 to 35 people came to Loitongbam’s house and enquired about him. The mob was demanding a clarification and an apology on the recent statements he made to the local media over the demolition of churches and the role of certain organisations in the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur.
In a similar development, some men and women on Thursday went to the house of former Additional Superintendent of Police Thounaojam Brinda on Thursday and sought her clarification and apology over her comments on certain Manipur organisations.
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A crusader against drug menaces and deprivation of women, Brinda, after retiring from service unsuccessfully contested the Manipur Assembly elections last year on a Janata Dal (United) ticket from the Yaiskul constituency.
Meitei Leepun and Arambai Tenggol, two Meitei community organisations, also urged the people to boycott both Brinda and Loitongbam for their “misleading remarks”.
