Imphal, Sept 7: Arrested MPP general finance secy, Y Khemchand of Yumnam Liekai was detained under NSA after he was produced before Addl CJM Imphal this afternoon.
Khemchand it may be mentioned was arrested and subsequently detained by the Singjamei police on September 5 in connection with the firing incident that took place near Singjamei parking on the evening of September 4.
MPP Singjamei Kendra expressed their strong condemnation at the arrest and subsequent detention of MPPthe MPP leader by the Singjamei police.
According to a statement of the MPP Singjamei Kendra, the act of arresting Khemchand by the Singjamei police after he was called for a meeting at Singjamei police station was an act police high-handedness and strongly condemned it in an emergency meeting yesterday.
The release also further mentioned that, Khemchand on the very evening of September 4 was returning home after attending a party organisational meeting at Singjamei Leishangthem Leikai and he was stopped by some unidentified persons near Singjamei parking. Suspecting his life was under threat and to ward off the assailants, he blank fired from his licenced gun as self defence.
The statement further said that his arrested would be taken as politicially motivated and was an attempt to tarnish his image and political carrier.
It said the matter is taken seriously by the MPP Singjamei Kendra and demanded unconditional release of Khemchand by the state government.
In the meantime, former candidate of Singjamei AC Heikrujam Nabashyam, during a press conference held this afternoon at his residence strongly criticised the press statement of MPP, president Dr Nimaichand in connection with the arrest of Y Khemchand by the police, in which Dr Nimaichand Luwang tried to relate the arrest of Khemchand with the present public agitations in connection with the July 23 shootout at BT Road Imphal.
Nabashyam further said that the incident of September 4 evening at near Singjamei parking in which Y Khemchand deliberately fired from his licenced gun without any justification led to a panic amongst residents of the area.
He also mentioned that it was very unfortunate that the MPP president tried to twist the issue by portraying the incident and the arrest of Khemchand as politically motivated.