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When I asked the security men why he was being taken away, they said it would be known only after the arrest," Serabhanu Bibi , Gaffar's wife, said. Md Gaffar aka Sayeed (36) was reportedly picked up from his house at Ushoipokpi by a team of security personnel. IMPHAL: Locals blocked the Imphal-Moreh route in the Lilong Ushoipokpi area along National Highway-39 on Thursday after a man reportedly picked up by security forces in the dead of the night at Ushoipokpi in Thoubal district was found dead in the morning. His dead body was found at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences here around 10.30 am," she added.As news of the incident spread, locals staged a blockade, demanding fitting punishment for the security men involved in the alleged custodial killing.They threatened to instensify their agitation in association with several civil bodies unless the security men involved in the alleged custodial dead were punished. "Without giving us any reasons, they arrested him around 2.30am ....