Imphal, Jan 3 NNN : Following the threat to the media in Manipur, police commandos have started guarding media offices in the state capital from today.
On Monday, the banned KCP (MC) Lanchen Chanu had threatened the local daily Naharolgi Thongdang by gifting the letter a Chinese hand grenade which was wrapped in a nice small box.
The box was found at the entrance of the newspaper office around 5:30 am. A threatening note which read ‘Last warning to the editor, next will be blast’ was also found writing on a slip inside the box that wrapped a bomb.
As a mark of protest, the editorial columns of all the dailies in Manipur were banked out on Tuesday’s editions.
Also, on January 7 media persons will carry out a rally in Imphal in protest against the threat to the media in Manipur.
Meanwhile, another meeting convened by All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) was again this evening in connection with the threat. The meeting decided that the representatives of the media body and the chief minister will hold a dialogue over the current development when the latter returns to Imphal who is out of station at the moment.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/police-start-guarding-media-houses/
