Proscribed KCP (PWG) clarifies recent student kidnapping case in Imphal

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Imphal: Proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party, People’s War Group (PWG) has clarified about the kidnapping case of a student from DM College of Science, New Boys’ Hostel in Imphal on Friday afternoon.

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A press release from Lamyanba Khuman of the outfit on Sunday said, Laishram Chinglen Singh (22), son of L. Shyamchand Singh (44) of Ngaikhong Siphai, Bishnupur District was nabbed by them for blackmailing his girlfriend with her obscene photos.

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The outfit claimed that Chinglen also shared the photos on telegram group and other social media platforms and acting on a complaint from the girlfriend, the outfit took him into custody for interrogation during which he confessed the same.

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“However, Chinglen’s family approached state forces citing that he was kidnapped for a ransom maligning the outfit’s image. No wrong doers will be spared and those concerned should clarify for spreading false accusations,” KCP (PWG) added.

The outfit also released a video showing a blindfolded man supposedly the student accepting and apologizing for his act.

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