Journalist who called Manipur CM ‘puppet’ in jail for over 100 days
- | Saturday | 9th March, 2019
KOLKATA: Arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) for calling his state's chief minister a "puppet" of Narendra Modi, Manipur journalist Kisorechandra Wangkhem has spent more than 100 days in prison. "We must have taken 2-3 days to realize that my husband had been arrested under NSA," she added. Our phones were taken away," said Ranjita, as she vividly recalled the trauma she and her family went through. "I have promised my elder daughter that her father will come home for their aunt's (Ranjita's sister) wedding on March 18. He was first arrested on November 19 and released in six days only to be sent to prison under NSA two days later.Kishorechandra's arrest drew criticisms from within and outside of Manipur but Biren justified the action taken against the journalist.
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