SHILLONG, July 31: The KSU has claimed to have established that some people from the state are operating the Twitter handle “Legal Rights Observatory” (LRO) with the intent of inciting communal and religious conflicts in the state.
After giving his statement at the Lumdiengjri police station regarding an FIR that he filed against the administrator(s) of LRO which labeled the KSU as “goons” and accused it of being involved in the recent attack at Mahadev Khola, 101 Area, Lower Lawsohtun, James H. Mawphniang, the legal affairs secretary of KSU, told reporters the student’s body had conducted its own investigation to identify those responsible for the “hateful” tweet aimed at implicating KSU to the incident.
“The people, who issued the tweet through this Twitter account, are residing in Shillong. We will do our job if the police fail to take action against them,” Mawphniang said.
He said the KSU impressed upon the police to arrest those who tried to incite a communal conflict through the tweet which has gone viral on social media.
“We have also clarified to the police that the KSU has no connection with the Mahadev Khola assault case,” Mawphniang said.
Earlier, he stated, “The objective of this Twitter account and the person(s) handling it is only to disrupt religious harmony and instigate communal violence.”
KSU vice president Biangbor L. Paliar said the Superintendent of Police forwarded Mawphniang’s FIR to Lumdiengjri police station. According to him, this is not the first time that the members of LRO tweeted against the KSU.
“But even Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma has clarified that no pressure group or religious group is involved in the Mahadev Khola assault incident,” Paliar said.
He urged the police to take similar actions against those responsible for this tweet just as they did when indigenous youth posted comments on Facebook or other social media platforms to criticize the government during the agitations led by KSU, whether it was during the opposition to Citizenship (Amendment) Act or the Harijan Colony issue.
“We remember indigenous youth were summoned either to the SP’s office or the police station in connection with social media posts,” the KSU vice president said.
