A local court in Imphal on Friday took cognisance of charges filed against two Kuki-Zomi leaders, accusing them of promoting enmity between two groups. The two leaders had commented on the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur between the Meitei and Kuki groups in an interview to a news website.
The court proceeded to issue summons to the accused persons, returnable by the next date of hearing on July 24.
The action was initiated on a private criminal complaint filed by Lourembam Cha Somerendro, who claimed to be a social worker. Mr. Somerendro alleged that Mary Grace Zou, the convener of the Kuki Women’s Forum of Delhi NCR, and Wilson L. Hangsing, the co-founder of the Kuki People’s Alliance, had purportedly spread falsehoods about the ongoing violence in the State in a media interview.
