While the police seem to be groping in the dark regarding the identity of the gunmen who had made an attempt on the life of Dr. N.G. Taruni, a senior professor in the Medicine Department of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, on March 7 night, there are more and more protests here against the assault.
Women have been staging sit-in protests to condemn the incident.
On Monday, doctors took out a procession in Imphal condemning the assassination attempt. On Tuesday, teachers and students of the College of Nursing, located on the campus of RIMS, also staged a sit-in protest.
Talking to The Hindu, Dr. N. Damayanti, head of department of Anatomy and adviser to the College of Nursing, said it was condemnable that a senior lady professor who has been selflessly serving the people all these years was thus attacked.
Though three bullets were fired, only one had inflicted a superficial injury in her head. Dr. Damayanti demanded beefing up of security on the RIMS campus where College of Nursing is also located. She said that in every society, women are protected. But in Manipur, this lady doctor was targetted in a reprehensible manner. Dr. Taruni has saved many lives but there is apparantely nobody to save her, she added.
Dr. Taruni was reported to have said that as she refused to pay up some anti-social elements, they had tried to kill her. Police say that one rifle was used to fire three bullets. Two bullets had missed Dr. Taruni. But the third hit the back of her head.
So far, police have been unable to unravel the mystery and arrest anyone in this connection.
