IMPHAL — Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey today met the two sisters, who were paraded naked in public by an unruly mob on May 4 and handed them a cheque of INR 10 lakh each during her second visit to relief camps in Churachandpur district.
Confirming this in a tweet, Raj Bhavan Manipur wrote, “Hon’ble Governor of Manipur Miss Anusuiya Uikey today paid her second visit to relief centres in Churachandpur with a message to work together for the restoration of peace, normalcy and harmony in the State.”
“Significantly, to show her deepest sympathy to the two ‘sisters’ whose modesty were outraged publicly by unruly mob on May 4, the Governor personally met them and handed a cheque of INR 10 lakh each to their families,” it said.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]In her second visit to relief centres at St Paul’s Institute and Young Learner’s School in Churachandpur with a message to work together for the restoration of peace, normalcy and harmony in the state, the governor, while speaking to media persons, assured that all help for the restoration of peace and normalcy would be extended.
Saying that she felt the pain and suffering of the affected people and their eagerness to return to their respective homes, she appealed to the two communities to come together, negotiate and find a durable solution to end the violence.
Reiterating that various central forces are in place to ensure security for all, she appealed to all the concerned to extend support for restoring peace and normalcy in the state.
The governor also interacted with families of ex-servicemen and civil society organisation leaders at Headquarters 27 Sector Assam Rifles at Tuibong and heard their grievances. Being the president of Rajya Sainik Board, the governor donated a cash of INR 15,000 to seven ex-servicemen families along with some relief materials.