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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Manipur<br />
August 2004. After <strong>for</strong>cing the family<br />
members out of the house, they dragged<br />
the deceased, who was then sleeping, from<br />
his bed to the courtyard. A man in civvies,<br />
who accompanied the police commando<br />
team, asked if he knew a person by the<br />
name of Lalboi in the village. When the<br />
deceased replied in negative, the man<br />
flashed out a gun and shot him at pointblank<br />
range without saying a word in front<br />
of the family members. The commando<br />
team also took away a motorbike (Pulsar<br />
150 cc MN 06S/4963) belonging to the<br />
victim’s elder brother, Seipahi Chongloi.<br />
Police later on announced that an activist<br />
of the proscribed outfit KRA had been<br />
killed at Khongsai Veng in an encounter. 37<br />
On 2 September 2004, Manipur<br />
<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> Commission asked the<br />
DGP to submit a detailed <strong>report</strong> within<br />
four weeks on the alleged extrajudicial<br />
execution of Ahongshangbam Nandalal of<br />
Khurai Kongpal Sajor Leikai on 21 May<br />
2004. The father of the deceased moved<br />
the MHRC alleging that his son was shot<br />
dead in cold blood without any reason by<br />
the Indian Reserve Battalion personnel. 38<br />
On the morning of 20 October 2004,<br />
one RK Sanajaoba was allegedly shot dead<br />
at point bank range by police escorts of the<br />
Officer-in-Charge of Patsoi police station<br />
at Sagol-band Khongnang Hogaibi in<br />
Imphal <strong>for</strong> not making way <strong>for</strong> the vehicle<br />
in which the squad was traveling along the<br />
crowded Imphal street. Jao was a nephew<br />
of <strong>for</strong>mer Chief Minister RK Jaichandra. 39<br />
The accused driver constable Ibomcha<br />
Singh was arrested on 21 October 2004. 40<br />
158<br />
At about 7.15 pm on 25 October 2004,<br />
the Imphal East police commandos<br />
allegedly gunned down three students<br />
identified as Limkhongam Baite,<br />
Thangpou Baite and Hemmingthang Baite<br />
in an encounter at a place between KR<br />
Lane and Golapati. While Limkholun<br />
Baite was a Geography Honours student of<br />
DM College, Thangpou Baite and<br />
Hemmingthang Baite were students of<br />
Moreh Govt High School. 41 The police<br />
claimed that the three tribal youth were<br />
members of the armed opposition groups<br />
and were carrying two hand grenades, a<br />
wireless communication set and some<br />
incriminating documents. On the other<br />
hand, Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO)<br />
president stated that the deceased were<br />
innocent students. They were on their way<br />
to a Kuki church when the police waylaid<br />
them and executed them. 42 On 29 October<br />
2004, the State government suspended<br />
four police commandos Sub-Inspector Md<br />
Riyajuddin and constables Md Soukat Ali<br />
(861234), N Muhindro Singh (9801086)<br />
and Md Latif Rahaman (0101285). 43 On 11<br />
November 2004, the state government<br />
appointed a commission of inquiry headed<br />
by S Gourachand Singh, retired special<br />
judge to submit its findings within one<br />
month. 44<br />
On the night of 16 November 2004,<br />
the 28th Assam Rifles jawans <strong>report</strong>edly<br />
gunned down a 75-year-old retired school<br />
teacher, L.D. Rengtuiwan during a cordonand-search<br />
operation at Bungte Chiru<br />
village of Bishenpur district. Rengtuiwan<br />
was <strong>report</strong>edly coming out of his house at