Manipur: Mob assaults home of lawyer for representing Kuki-Zo educational in court docket

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: A mob in Imphal vandalised the home of a Meitei lawyer for representing a Kuki-Zo educational within the Manipur High Court. 

The assault on the home of Soraisham Chittaranjan was carried out on Friday, a day after he and two fellow attorneys had filed an software within the High Court, in search of withdrawal of their look for Prof Kham Khan Suan Hausing, a Kuki-Zo educational, citing “private difficulties”.

Justice A Guneshwar Sharma of the High Court had accepted their request.

Hausing is going through felony proceedings for expressing his views on the sectarian violence in Manipur. A case was registered in opposition to him in July.

Some advocates of the High Court advised TNIE that senior lawyer Anand Grover was dealing with the case. The function of Chittaranjan was restricted to submitting paperwork. 

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The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) condemned the incident of vandalism and threats allegedly confronted by the attorneys representing Hausing.

“Chittaranjan and two other advocates, Th Zinggo and Ch Victor, submitted a petition in the Manipur High Court to be withdrawn as counsel in Mr Hausing’s case after facing multiple threats from Meitei radicals,” the ITLF claimed.

The tribal organisation stated an FIR was lodged in opposition to Hausing following his interview with a web-based information portal. It stated regardless of withdrawing from the case, a mob vandalised the lawyer’s residence.

“The accusations against Mr Hausing, which come under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, are clearly an attempt to silence tribals who are speaking on behalf of their community,” the ITLF stated.

“The threats to the lawyers by members of their own community show the level of intolerance and radicalisation among the Meiteis. Mr. Hausing has the right to defend himself in court and the lawyers were only doing their job by filing paperwork in the case,” the organisation stated.

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GUWAHATI: A mob in Imphal vandalised the home of a Meitei lawyer for representing a Kuki-Zo educational within the Manipur High Court. 

The assault on the home of Soraisham Chittaranjan was carried out on Friday, a day after he and two fellow attorneys had filed an software within the High Court, in search of withdrawal of their look for Prof Kham Khan Suan Hausing, a Kuki-Zo educational, citing “private difficulties”.

Justice A Guneshwar Sharma of the High Court had accepted their request.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Hausing is going through felony proceedings for expressing his views on the sectarian violence in Manipur. A case was registered in opposition to him in July.

Some advocates of the High Court advised TNIE that senior lawyer Anand Grover was dealing with the case. The function of Chittaranjan was restricted to submitting paperwork. 

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The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) condemned the incident of vandalism and threats allegedly confronted by the attorneys representing Hausing.

“Chittaranjan and two other advocates, Th Zinggo and Ch Victor, submitted a petition in the Manipur High Court to be withdrawn as counsel in Mr Hausing’s case after facing multiple threats from Meitei radicals,” the ITLF claimed.

The tribal organisation stated an FIR was lodged in opposition to Hausing following his interview with a web-based information portal. It stated regardless of withdrawing from the case, a mob vandalised the lawyer’s residence.

“The accusations against Mr Hausing, which come under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, are clearly an attempt to silence tribals who are speaking on behalf of their community,” the ITLF stated.

“The threats to the lawyers by members of their own community show the level of intolerance and radicalisation among the Meiteis. Mr. Hausing has the right to defend himself in court and the lawyers were only doing their job by filing paperwork in the case,” the organisation stated.

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