SHILLONG, OCTOBER 29: Four leaders of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) have been released from Shillong District Jail after securing bail, former KSU general secretary Donald V Thabah said on Thursday.
Two leaders of the KSU Mihngi Circle were released on Thursday evening, following the earlier release of the union’s president Raymond Kharjana and general secretary Reuben Najiar.
Confirming the latest developments, Thabah said, “Earlier we got bail for 2 persons, that is President Raymond Kharjana, general secretary Reuben Najiar. This evening we got release of another 2 leaders of KSU Mihngi Circle, that is Banjoplang Dkhar, president Shillong Mihngi Circle, and Samuel Kharbani, general secretary.”
With these releases, four KSU leaders have secured bail and been released so far, while proceedings concerning two others remain ongoing.
The two remaining leaders are vice-president Pynkmenlang Sanmiet, who is still on interim bail, and Jeremiah Pohtmi, president of the KSU Nongmensong unit and assistant general secretary of the KSU Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Thabah said the process concerning the remaining two leaders was still underway.