Kishorechandra Wangkhem was in Sajiwa Central Jail in Imphal East since November 27 last year for criticising Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and the BJP on social media and was released on Wednesday
Kishorechandra Wangkhem was in Sajiwa Central Jail in Imphal East since November 27 last year for criticising Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and the BJP on social media.
A young mid-career professional, outspoken though irreverent, has been made to pay far more than his due by this atrocious miscarriage of justice, writes Pradip Phanjoubam.
Kishorechandra, 39, has been in the Sajiwa Central Jail in Imphal East since November 27 last year for criticising Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and the BJP on social media.
Kishorechandra Wangkhem, 39, has been in the Sajiwa Central Jail in Imphal East since November 27 last year for criticising chief minister N. Biren Singh on social media.
It’s about time this travesty of justice is put to an end. Kishorechandra Wangkhem must be freed, and whoever thought of locking him up must be punished.
The Congress Chief wrote, 'fascist forces have not only attempted to destroy the idea of India but attack anyone who challenges their distorted narrative.'
On Thursday, the journalist's lawyer Shreeji Bhavsar wrote a letter to former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju narrating how the jail authorities did not allow him to meet his client even after waiting for more than three hours.
