Manipur | Student activist to be taken to court in Imphal after Delhi HC dismisses plea challenging arrest
IMPHAL, February 18, 2019: A 23-year-old student leader from Manipur, Veewon Thokchom ,who was arrested in Delhi last week on sedition charges is likely to be taken to a court in state capital Imphal on Tuesday after a plea against his transit remand to Imphal was rejected by a court in New Delhi.
On Saturday, a court in south Delhi's Saket issued a remand for Mr Thokchom's transit to Manipur, directing the police to take him to the Imphal court on or before February 19.
Mr Veewon had helped organise a press conference in Delhi inJanuary to condemn the arrest of Manipur journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem,who was arrested under the National Security Act after he criticised ManipurChief Minister N Biren Singh in a "derogatory" Facebook post.
Mr Veewon was vocal against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which saw massive protests in Manipur and other states in the northeast earlier this month.