5 Manipur cops suspended for 'custodial death'

Imphal | Saturday | 22nd December, 2018

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IMPHAL: Five Manipur Police commandos were suspended on Friday, a day after a 37-year-old auto driver reportedly died in police custody. "Custodial killing by the police or Assam Rifles (AR) will not be allowed...

Five police commandos have been suspended in connection with (auto driver) Abdul Gaffar's killing. "The AR personnel cannot be suspended by the state government since they are under the Union ministry of home affairs. Finally, at 10am on Thursday, the Lilong police station told them about an unidentified body at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences here. The body was Gaffar's..