- IMPHAL — The
Arambai Tenggol (AT), a socio-cultural youth organisation of the Meitei
community in Manipur has called off its ongoing bandh from Tuesday, citing
public hardships amid unrest and recent floods.
- Arambai Tenggol’s PRO Robin Mangang announced the decision
during a media briefing in Imphal, stating that it follows a high-level
meeting. He however said the organisation will continue democratic agitations
until their senior leader Kanan is released.
- The PRO appealed for public unity to protect the state's
territorial integrity, clarifying that AT is a socio-cultural organization, not
an armed group.
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- In the day’s media briefing, around 14 persons who were
involved in illegal activities in the name of AT during the course of the bandh
were also paraded. They were later handed over to their respective families
following necessary advice.
- The AT had called a 10-day bandh in protest against the
arrest of its volunteers including one of its leaders, Asem Kanan from late
Saturday night, which reportedly triggered widespread protests and spontaneous
shutdowns in and around Imphal.
- First COVID-19 case in Manipur
- Manipur reported its first COVID-19 case of the current
wave, with a student testing positive via TrueNat, according to State Health
Services Director Dr. Chambo Gonmei.
- The case was detected in a private diagnostic centre in
Imphal when the 23-year-old female student who underwent a tourism course in
Manipur University was tested positive a day after she left Imphal for
Hyderabad on an Air-India flight on June 9.
- The student, a resident of Ghari area in Imphal West
district, originally from Ngaikhong Khullen village in Bishnupur district, had
symptoms like fever and cough but no travel history. According to Director Dr.
Chambo, her condition was otherwise normal.
