IMPHAL, July 8: Police barred women folk of Singjamei Chingamakha area from taking out a torch rally against drug abuse and illicit trafficking of drugs in the state late this evening.
The women folk were however allowed to take out their rally later at around 9 pm upto Singjamei Kongkham Leikai and a public meeting at the Singjamei Chingamakha Community hall.
The rally was organized by Model Club, Singjamei Chingamakha.
As Meira paibis of the area started gathering at the Singjamei Chingamakha Community hall for the rally, a police team led by SDPO Bikramjit arrived and demanded of the organizers to produce the permit for staging a rally from the concerned authorities.
However, due to the failure of the organizers to produce a valid permit, the police team barred the rally from proceeding further.
The meira paibis, however continued to demonstrate by gathering at the community hall till the filing of this report.