Ex-MLA arrested for Manipur violence was Deputy Speaker
The Hindu
A combined team of security forces caught ex-MLA Telvum Thangzalang Haokip along with two armed men on May 22 from New Checkon in the Imphal West district.
GUWAHATI
A former Manipur MLA arrested on May 23 for allegedly instigating a fresh round of violence in Imphal was a Deputy Speaker in the 60-member State Assembly.
A combined team of security forces caught ex-MLA Telvum Thangzalang Haokip along with two armed men on May 22 from New Checkon in the Imphal West district. The area has a mix of Kuki, Meitei and other ethnic groups.
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Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh told journalists in Imphal that the ex-MLA was behind the conspiracy to trigger another round of unrest in the strife-torn State where at least 71 people were killed and 35,000 displaced more than a fortnight ago.
“The ex-MLA and two others were formally arrested today [Tuesday],” an Imphal West police officer said.
Mr. Haokip became the Deputy Speaker after winning the byelection to the Henglep Assembly constituency on a Congress ticket in 1998. Henglep is in Churachandpur, one of the worst affected districts by the violence that unfolded on May 3.
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