By Rining Lyngdoh
SHILLONG, July 15: Meghalaya police are yet to make any headway into the death of a college student from Manipur who was found murdered on the night of July 13 in Shillong even as four persons believed to be the friends of the victim were picked up for questioning in this regard.
The victim - Allan Mark Haominlen Chongloi (19) fondly known as Romeo was a student studying BA first year at St. Edmund's College here and belonged to the Kuki community.
"We are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the cause of death and investigation is on to trace perpetrators who perpetrated the crime," Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime) Vivek Syiem said today.
Postmortem was conducted on Wednesday and the body was handed over to the family members on the same day and taken to Manipur for the last rite.
A case has been registered with Madanrting Police station.
"We are yet to make any breakthrough and the case is being investigated from various angles to find out the motive and the perpetrators involved in this crime," Syiem said.
The DSP said that the four persons picked up for questioning were released after execution of Personal Release bond but did not reveal anything.
However, question is being raised against the police for detaining them for over 12 hours which tantamount to their arrest.
Doubt also circled on the claim of police that the body was found by some passers-by who later informed Madanrting police station about an injured person lying nearby.
The 19-year-old boy went missing for several hours on July 13 after attending a dance practice for the upcoming freshers' meet of his college till his body was found late in the night near Madanrting Police station.
Chongloi resided at Jingkieng Nongthymmai and was allegedly attacked and stabbed to death by miscreants on his way home after returning from the dance practice session at a Kuki worship service church near Madanrting.
Chongloi was rushed to Shillong Civil Hospital but was declared brought dead. He and his siblings were staying along with their mother at Jingkieng.
Meanwhile the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), has strongly condemned the brutal murder of Chongloi who was also KSO member and shared their sorrow with the bereaved family.
The KSO also expressed its utter dismay at the inhuman and heinous manner in which Chongloi was murdered at Shillong, which is one of the important centres of learning in the North East.
The KSO also urged the Meghalaya government to take all necessary measures to ensure safety of students hailing from other states studying at Shillong and to prevent such incident from recurring in the city.
Demanding the Meghalaya government to take up the murder case on priority basis and bring the culprits to book, the KSO also urged the Manipur government to intervene into the matter to guarantee security to the students from Manipur in the city at his capacity.(IFP)UKLF concerned by emergence of new militant group within KNO
IMPHAL, July 15: The United Kuki LIberation Front, UKLF, in a statement, has expressed strong concern over emergence new militant outfits within the folds of the KNO mutating a communal flares up within the groups which are under the SoO with the government.
Stating this, JM Zou, secretary publicity and information of UKLF said in the quest of peace and equal development the outfit had decided to cease all sorts of hostile activities against the government with the signing of the Suspension of Operations (SoO).
However, to the party's dismay, it was found that the state and central governments have been indulged in adopting double standard policies while dealing with the Kuki rebels. Contrary to the SoO ground rules, there has been sudden birth of unwanted new armed outfits namely the PRA, UMLA, KNLF, KLA(T), ZRF, UKLA(MC) etc which are purely founded on the basis of clan and tribe calculation by the KNA/KNO. The ultimate consequences of such unwanted birth of armed outfits given by the surrogate mother - KNO further encourages clannism and divisiveness besides worsening 'financial burden' upon the poor Kuki masses, the statement added.
It further said the UKLF is wondering why the concerned government authorities allows such formation of new armed outfits within the fold of KNO.
The UKLF also expresses its disappointment at the government's inactive and insensitivity to the suffering voices of the affected land owners of the Moreh Itegrated Check Post, whose shares of compensation had been fraudulantly and forcibly deducted amounting to more than twenty crores of rupees by the KNA/KNO.
The the SoO ground rules forbids extortions, the UKLF said and asked as to why government failed to take action in time and threatened affected land owners (Pattadars).
The UKLF calls upon the government both the state and central for sincerety and effective implementation of SoO ground rules in letter and spirit instead of blaming and pinpointing the Kuki rebels alone.(IFP)
No comments:
Post a Comment