kolkata wife of manipur journalist kisorechandra wangkhem who has been arrested and booked under the national security act nsa for posting derogatory remarks against manipur cm biren singh and pm narendra modi on the social media has said the government has set a dangerous precedent of nsa abuse by detaining her husband under the act talking to toi wangkhems wife elangbam ranjita said bjp has done it here in manipur but any government can do it if a trend is set therefore this needs to be contested and we must fight till the end on the night of november 19 last year wangkhem was arrested and charged with sedition for uploading a video on facebook in which he called chief minister n biren singh a puppet of the narendra modi government for celebrating rani laxmibais birth anniversary he was subsequently released but arrested again on november 27 and booked under the nsai was told my husband is a habitual offender and so he has been booked under nsa ranjita said referring to the fact that wangkhem had been arrested twice earlier last year once for drinkdriving and on another occasion when he referred to bjp as budhu joker party in a facebook post but it was unimaginable that he would be detained for a year the punishment is so harsh that it almost became a running joke in local circles people would tell each other dont say this or you could be detained under nsa she addedin wangkhems case the nsa advisory board has recommended a jail term of one year which is the maximum period for which one can be sentenced under provisions of the law the journalist has petitioned the manipur high court challenging the decision and the matter will be up for hearing next on february 22on november 27 last year wangkhem was preparing to have lunch with his family when he was summoned to the imphal west police station when the police had come to arrest him at night on november 19 they were very abusive and searched the house thoroughly but on this occasion they just said wangkhem has been summoned the police only insisted that he should go quickly said ranjitashe added i went to the police station separately and waited there for a long time almost five hours later in the evening i went home to bring back some food and warm clothes when i came back i was told my husband has been arrested even our mobile phones were taken away so that they could be kept under observation it was only later that i came to know that he has been booked under nsatalking about wangkhems detention last year chief minister biren singh had said i can tolerate criticism but not humiliation of my leaders he was abusing national heroes like rani of jhansi and prime minister narendra modi which is beyond freedom of expression however ranjita argued that wangkhem had never spoken ill of rani of jhansi but