Manipur activist booked for sedition over Facebook post

A sedition case has been filed against Manipuri political activist Erendro Leichombam over allegedly inflammatory Facebook posts, police said on Tuesday.

Jogeshchandra Haobijam, SP of Imphal East, told The Indian Express, “A case has been registered under Sections 153, 124(A) and 505 of the IPC. Investigation is going on.”

He confirmed that the case was filed over allegedly inflammatory Facebook posts, but did not specify any particular post.

Leichombam, who holds a postgraduate degree from Harvard University and is the convener of a regional party in Manipur called Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA), wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, “I have been charged with sedition by the Government for exercising my Freedom of Speech…