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In September past year, assailants opened occurrence connected Yambem’s residence, which helium said was a “political attack” for his captious stance against the contiguous authorities government.
Senior writer Laba Yambem was abducted from his location successful Imphal West aboriginal Tuesday morning, his household said, hours aft helium made remarks captious of the United National Liberation Front insurgent group. He was released later, pursuing which helium apologised “to UNLF and the radical of Manipur”.
According to his family, Yamben was taken distant from his home, wherever helium lives with his wife, astir 3:30 americium Tuesday. “Around 30 equipped persons forced introduction into our location and abducted him from his furniture astatine gunpoint. He was successful his nightclothes and was barefoot. He was called to a sheet treatment past nighttime by a quality channel,” his wife, Jayshree Yambem, said successful a statement.
In a sheet treatment Monday night, Yamben reportedly made statements captious of UNLF’s Pambei faction, which had signed a Peace Agreement with the Centre and the Government of Manipur successful November 2023.
Hours aft the abduction, Yambem was released by astir 11 am, constabulary sources said.
After his release, Yamben told the media, “Terming the caller ceasefire… betwixt the Government of India and the UNLF, arsenic an enactment of ‘surrendering’ oregon ‘raising their hands’ is simply a mistake connected my portion and I apologize for it to the UNLF and the radical of Manipur. The caller way taken by the UNLF is to instrumentality the arms conflict into a governmental struggle.”
Yamben, who works with The Statesman paper arsenic a peculiar representative, has antecedently been a subordinate of the Manipur Human Rights Commission. A vocal professional of Chief Minister N Biren Singh, helium formed the Good Governance Party past year.
Singh, who resigned connected Sunday, continues arsenic the caretaker CM of Manipur.
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In September past year, assailants opened occurrence connected Yambem’s residence, which helium said was a “political attack” for his captious stance against the contiguous authorities government.
In October, Yamben was arrested aft a pistillate alleged 1 of his associates had threatened her utilizing a weapon.
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