Six charged in Manipur 'fake encounter' cases

  • | Sunday | 25th November, 2018

IMPHAL: An Imphal court on Friday framed charges against six Manipur police personnel, including an inspector and a sub inspector, in connection with two alleged fake encounter cases. They have been charged under sections 302, 301 and 34 of the IPC.The four cops are accused in the killing of one Ranbir Singh on December 20, 2011 in Imphal West. A trial will be initiated soon.About 20 days ago, the Special Investigation Team of the CBI submitted charge sheets of the six to the sessions court, Imphal West. This case relates to the death of one L Lincoln of the Kakwa area in Imphal on June 28, 2011, said Rakesh, who is also the director of the Manipur unit of Human Rights Law Network.In the second charge, sub-inspector Ksh Uttam, head constables Kh Sushil Kumar and L Dinachandra and rifleman Y Santosh have been named. The court had then reserved its verdict.Earlier, the CBI had submitted the charge sheets against the six cops before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal West after investigating the two alleged fake encounter cases.The CJM, having completed formalities of two cases, then committed the cases to the session judge, human rights advocate Rakesh Meihoubam, who assisted the CBI in favour of the victims, told TOI.In the first case, the sessions court framed charge against two personnel- inspector S Ibotombi and rifleman Ajay Prakash under section 120-B/302/201 IPC.

IMPHAL: An Imphal court on Friday framed charges against six Manipur police personnel, including an inspector and a sub inspector, in connection with two alleged fake encounter cases. A trial will be initiated soon.About 20 days ago, the Special Investigation Team of the CBI submitted charge sheets of the six to the sessions court, Imphal West. The court had then reserved its verdict.Earlier, the CBI had submitted the charge sheets against the six cops before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal West after investigating the two alleged fake encounter cases.The CJM, having completed formalities of two cases, then committed the cases to the session judge, human rights advocate Rakesh Meihoubam, who assisted the CBI in favour of the victims, told TOI.In the first case, the sessions court framed charge against two personnel- inspector S Ibotombi and rifleman Ajay Prakash under section 120-B/302/201 IPC. This case relates to the death of one L Lincoln of the Kakwa area in Imphal on June 28, 2011, said Rakesh, who is also the director of the Manipur unit of Human Rights Law Network.In the second charge, sub-inspector Ksh Uttam, head constables Kh Sushil Kumar and L Dinachandra and rifleman Y Santosh have been named. They have been charged under sections 302, 301 and 34 of the IPC.The four cops are accused in the killing of one Ranbir Singh on December 20, 2011 in Imphal West. The contents of the charges were read out and explained to the accused police personnel and on being asked whether they plead guilty or not, they pleaded not guilty and claimed for a holding trial, Rakesh added.This comes after the CBI began an investigation, in compliance with last year's Supreme Court verdict, into the 1,528 alleged extra-judicial killings in the state from 2000 to 2012 by Manipur Police and security forces following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed jointly by Imphal-based Extra Judicial Execution Victims' Families Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert (HRA).

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