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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Manipur
hanging by a leather belt from the roof of
a toilet in the Litan police lock-up in
Ukhrul district on the morning of 9 June
2004. He was picked up by the Litan
police following an altercation with his
wife on 7 June 2004. 29 The villagers
alleged that Thangkul was tortured to
death and that his feet were touching the
floor. Moreover, he was never in the habit
of wearing a belt. 30 On 10 December 2004,
the Manipur police submitted its interim
investigation report before the Manipur
Human Rights Commission absolving the
police officials. The final report was
pending as the viscera of the deceased had
been sent for chemical analysis at Central
Forensic Laboratory in Kolkata. 31
On 10 June 2004, the personnel from
the 33rd Assam Rifles extrajudicially
executed Thokchom Doren alias Naba in
an alleged fake encounter. Doren was
arrested in the evening of 9 June 2004
from Lamjao and was found dead the next
morning. Members of the Meira Paibis
asserted that Doren was innocent and had
no connection whatsoever with any armed
opposition group. He was a father of three
and was living a desolate life after the
death of two of his daughters. The post
mortem was reportedly done without
informing the family. 32
On 27 June 2004, the 12th Garhwal
Rifles personnel killed one Nameirakpam
Mohan alias Kuber Singh of Jiribam
Leingangpokpi in an alleged fake
encounter in the vicinity of Jiribam
railway station. The security forces
claimed to have recovered a country made
9 mm pistol with five live rounds and
some empty cases from the possession of
the deceased. Family members, however,
accused the army of staging a fake
encounter, claiming that the victim had
been picked up from his home at around
2:30 am on 27 June 2004 on the assurance
that he would be released soon. 33 His dead
body was handed over to the family
members after a post-mortem. There were
five bullet marks on his body, one each on
his right shoulder, chest and stomach and
two others on the left thigh. 34
On 8 July 2004, the bullet-ridden body
of Pastor Jamkholet Khongsai of Saichang
village was found buried in the nearby
jungle after he had gone to his field. He
was survived by wife and five children and
was the sole breadwinner of the family.
Earlier, he was allegedly picked up by the
security forces. 35 On 3 August 2004,
Manipur State Human Rights Commission
asked the Director General of Police
(DGP) to submit a detailed report on the
death of the pastor within four weeks. In
its report to the MSHRC, the police gave
clean chit to the Assam Rifles. 36
On 31 August 2004, Imphal West
Police commandos allegedly shot dead
one Jamkholien Chongloi alias Yangmilien
at his residence at Khongsai Veng under
Lamphel police station. The victim was
undergoing medical treatment at his
residence after being hospitalised at
Imphal Hospital on 25 August 2004. A
team of police commandos of the Imphal
West district came searching for the
deceased at his house at 2.30 p.m. on 31
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