Manipuri Student Who Led Protests Against Citizenship Bill in Delhi Arrested

A four-member joint team of the Delhi police and Manipur police picked up a student leader from Manipur from his rented accommodation in south Delhi on February 15 evening without citing any reasons.
Thokchom Veewon, formerly the president of the Manipur Students’ Union of Delhi (MSAD) and now an advisor for the outfit, has been at the forefront of protests organised in Delhi against the state government’s decision to arrest journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem under the National Security Act (NSA) in November and the Central government’s attempt to turn the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill into an Act.
Veewon’s brother Venus Thokchom told The Wire that a police team reached Veewon’s house in Saket around 5:20 pm, “beat him up, didn’t give him a chance even to wear his slippers and took him away without informing why and where”.
He said, “My younger sister was present in the house. I stay a few houses away. She immediately informed the family.”
On getting to know about the incident, Veewon’s father in Imphal rushed to the local police station where he was told, “Veewon has been picked up for a cyber crime and would be brought to Imphal in a day or two.”

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