Manipur University VC gets extortion notice

Imphal, July 12 : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on Thursday that A.P. Pandey, the Vice Chancellor of Manipur University, has got a notice from an underground outfit to cough up Rs 3 crore.
Manipur University has been closed for more than one and a half months as the teachers, students and staff had joined hands to demand the removal of the Vice Chancellor.
Biren Singh he had got a copy of the extortion letter and that his main concern was to save the students who may lose an academic calendar.
Some days back unidentified persons torched the indoor stadium and the office of the Assistant Director of Sports located on the university campus.