IMPHAL Sept 11: The chairman of the Village Authority Board, Irang Part-I, Hari Prasad Nepal in a press statement states that the Board strongly condemns an assault on Puney Prasad Poudel,chairman Manedara, Irang village.
It states that on September 10, Puney Prasad was going to Kangpokpi when he was severly beaten up by one the secretary of Thonglan Atongba Naga village,Ch Tabamwi.
It said that the board views the attack with all seriousness as it was a preplanned one.Further, the Nepalis residing at Irang has been physically and mentally tortured by villagers of Thonglan, they have been made to slaughter cows and pigs which is against the religious practices of the Hindus in the name of fines. Such harassment have been meted out from long back in the name of being a parent authority and apex court, such discrimination has become intolerable, it said.
