Imphal, 01 September 2016 : BJP MLAs Kh. Joykisan and Th. Biswajit were released by the court yesterday afternoon around 2 pm. The CJM Imphal East remanded to judicial custody till September 13.  Heingang Police Station yesterday withdrew the FIR against them. They were released from the Ist Manipur Rifles. It may be recalled that the two MLAs tried to halt the physical efficiency test for candidates of police constable yesterday morning at  Manipur Police Training College at Pangei. Imphal East police detained them and were produced before the CJM Imphal East last evening around 5.40 pm. They refused to go on a Rs 10,000 PR Bond. Both the MLAs went to the party office at Nityaipat Chuthek as soon as they came out of 1st MR.

The supporters of MLA Th. Biswajit accorded him a rousing welcome when he reached his home at Ningomthong. The people garlanded him and chanted slogans in his support. Later talking to media MLA Biswajit said the Congress once accused the NDA govt in the center of being intolerant government but it will not be an exaggeration now to say that the congress government in the state is an intolerant government. The MLA said by withdrawing all the cases against him the govt has admitted its wrongdoing. He thanked the people for their support.

Thangmeiband MLA Khumukcham Joykisan was also accorded a warm welcome by the people of Thangmeiband when he reached his home at Khoyathong. At the event held at community hall near Khoyathong Pukhri Achouba the MLA maintained that the release of the 2 MLAs unconditionally by the court proves that the state govt is guilty. He said the problem of the recruitment of police constables held in 2013 would not have arisen if the government made the enquiry report was made public. He accused the govt of violating people's rights. Meanwhile BJP Thangmeiband Mandal has also withdrawn the indefinite bandh in the constituency.