Khomdram Ratan, former convener of the joint committee campaigning for the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Manipur, was arrested late on Wednesday when he arrived to join a relay hunger strike.
He was produced in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Imphal west, under tight security on Thursday and remanded in police custody for nine days.
Police had registered an First Information Report against Mr. Ratan on June 2 after a Facebook post purportedly showed him at an oath taking function of an insurgent group.
Rs. 5 lakh rewardMr. Ratan was declared an absconder and a reward of Rs. 5 lakh was offered for information leading to his arrest. He had not been seen in public since then.
On Wednesday, however, he joined the relay hunger strike for the implementation of ILP. Police arrived at the venue at 11 p.m. and arrested him.
The activists have called a 48-hour general strike beginning Thursday midnight to protest his arrest.
Women vendors closed down shops in Bishnupur district.
