NHRC issues notice to Manipur Government on allegations of a fake encounter

New Delhi, August 30:The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Director General of Police, Manipur and District Magistrate, Imphal calling for magisterial reports, inquest reports, post-mortem reports along with a report of independent investigation within two months into the allegations of a fake encounter of two suspected militants in Imphal on the 30th July, 2012.

The Commission has directed them to take appropriate action with regard to the investigation of the case as per the guidelines laid down by the Commission in its letter dated 25th May, 2010 to the Chief Ministers of all the States.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims.

The Commission has taken cognizance of the allegations as made in a media report and forwarded to it by a complainant.

Allegedly, the fake encounter took place at Lamdeng Khunou Chingmei near the solid waste management plant located four kilometers north of Lamsang police station in Imphal west district. The wife of one of the deceased, Sukham Naobicha has alleged that her husband was an innocent person and earning his livelihood as an ice-cream vendor to support his family.