Imphal, Manipur: Human Rights Activist and the Iron lady of Manipur, Irom Chanu Sharmila, was released on Thursday (January 22) evening after a local court rejected her charges of attempt to suicide and ordered her immediate release form custody.
The court has also set aside charges against her under sections 309 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code.
![Irom Sharmila (Iron Lady of Manipur) [File Photo]](https://sikhsiyasat.net/wp-content/uploads/Irom-Sharmila-Iron-Lady-of-Manipur-e1422031447452.jpg)
Irom Sharmila (Iron Lady of Manipur) [File Photo]
The women volunteers of Sharmila Kanba Lup (SAKAL) came to receive her from the security ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, however she did not co-operate with them charging they are wild people.
After her release in the evening, Sharmila again sat on fast and she was again arrested on Friday (Jan. 23) by the police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of her indefinite fast.
Imphal West Superintendent of Police Jhaljit reportedly said that Sharmila was arrested under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code for attempt to commit suicide.
“She has been arrested for the same crime but it is a different case”, he added.
She has been in prison since November 2000, when she started an indefinite fast demanding for the repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). He was released after court orders in past as well, but the poice arrests her again on the same charges.