Manipur: Former police officer Thounaojam Brinda, popularly known as “Super Cop,” joined the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday, just days before Manipur’s Assembly elections.
Thounaojam Brinda, the daughter-in-law of R.K. Meghen, nicknamed Sanayaima, the former chairman of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), will run in the Yaiskul constituency, which is now represented by BJP minister Thokchom Satyabrata Singh.
It may be mentioned that in October of last year, Brinda resigned from her position as Additional Superintendent of Police in Manipur.
It needs to be mentioned that she received the Chief Minister’s Police Medal during an event commemorating Manipur’s 71st Independence Day.
However, Brinda returned the gallantry award in protest when a special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court in Manipur acquitted former ADC chairman of Chandel Lukhosei Zou and six others in a high-profile drug haul case in 2018.