Imphal May 28,2022: International Human Right Association (IHRA), Manipur Chapter president Mark Haokip was brought to Imphal by a team of Imphal police station in an Indigo flight at around 11 am today after taking transit remand from a Delhi Court.
Dr Mark Haokip (37) is son of M Limkhosei Haokip of Molnom village, Churachandpur and he was arrested by a joint team of Imphal West district police and Delhi police on May 24 afternoon from a house at Kishan Garh, New Delhi. Mark Thangmang Haokip was arrested in connection with three FIR cases registered against him for allegedly writing derogatory and defamatory statements on social media, both on his Twitter and Facebook accounts, against freedom fighter Padma Bhushan awardee Rani Gaidinliu was brought to Imphal today.
Soon after the arrival of Mark Thangmang Haokip, a team of Imphal West district police took him to Imphal police station.
A team of Imphal police produced the accused before the Court. Duty Magistrate remanded Mark Haokip to 15 days judicial custody after he failed to furnish a PR bond of Rs 1 lakh and surety on being granted bail.
The application was filed by the Officer in-Charge of Imphal police station on the ground that he (Mark Thangmang Haokip) wrote derogatory and defamatory statements on social media both on his Twitter and Facebook accounts against freedom fighter Padma Bhushan awardee Rani Gaidinliu on November 23, 2021 .
The application mentioned that leaders of ten civil society organisations of Manipur lodged a complaint before the OC of Imphal police station stating that such derogatory and defamatory statements by Mark Thangmang Haokip had hurt the sentiments of many people and might disturb communal harmony.
Kabui Mother’s Association furious against Mark Haokip for his remarks on Rani Gaidinliu
Kabui Mothers’ Association (KAMA) general secretary Ranjita Golmei has said that Mark T Haokip should be given capital punishment as per his guilt in describing freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu as a criminal and not a freedom fighter.
Addressing media persons at KAMA office, Ranjita Golmei said that Mark T Haokip is a refugee and his post on social media describing freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu as a criminal without knowing history indeed was dishonouring of the people of the land.
A social media post of Mark T Haokip on November 23, 2001 describing Rani Gaidinliu as a criminal and tagging the post to Union home minister Amit Shah went viral on social media.
Accordingly, 10 civil society organisations of the state including IPSA, ACOAM Lup, PANDM, IPAK, Kanglamei, Kabui Mother’s Association, KIL, CLK, Zeliangrong Union (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) and KSA lodged a complaint at Imphal police station on November 28 the same year to arrest Mark T Haokip for blemishing image of a freedom fighter.
Though he was not arrested during that time, Mark T Haokip has been arrested from Delhi few days back due to the initiative of CM N Biren, Ranjita said and demanded capital punishment be given to Mark T Haokip so that no freedom fighters is dishonoured in the future.
She also said that 10 CSOs will launch intense forms of agitations if capital punishment is not awarded to Mark T Haokip.
KIL president RK Sanahanbi, who also spoke at the press conference attended by leaders of IPSA, ACOAM Lup, PANDM, IPAK, Kanglamei, Kabui Mother’s Association, KIL, CLK, Zeliangrong Union and KSA, said that dishonour of a freedom fighter indeed is dishonour of entire people of the land.
She also lauded government for arresting Mark T Haokip from Delhi.
