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