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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Manipur
minor girl reportedly lodged a complaint
with the Imphal police station alleging
that on 14 January 2004 at around 10 pm
and on 3 February 2004, she was raped by
the Superintendent of Police of Chandel,
Thalchinkham Samte at his official
quarter at Chandel in absence of his wife.
The girl worked as a domestic help at the
quarters of the police officer. An FIR was
registered at Imphal police station. 68 On 2
May 2004, Samte was arrested by the
State police after the bail application filed
by him was rejected by the Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Chandel, and remanded him
to judicial custody till 17 May 2004. 69
Samte was suspended from service with
effect from 2 May 2004. But he managed
to obtain bail from the Sessions Judge,
Imphal West on 10 May 2004. 70
On 5 October 2004, Laishram Mira,
wife of Thounaojam Inaobi of Wangoi
Makha Leikai was brutally beaten up
with a fire-wood by a Manipur police
commando at Khuman Lampak Bus
Terminus. She was let free only when she
began to lose consciousness due to the
beating. She sustained severe injuries on
her arms and left thigh, and had to be
hospitalized. The police commando team
who came in a Gypsy (No 3706)
reportedly vent their ire on the old
woman after they failed to arrest
gamblers in the area. 71
A jawan of India Reserved Battalion
Thoudam Kesho posted at Wangjing
along with his four associates allegedly
kidnapped one girl from Wangjing
Achouba Maning Leikai while the girl
was going to collect rice in the evening of
22 December 2004 and raped her at
Wangbal canal area. 72
IV. Impunity
Although on 10 May 2004, the
Gauhati High Court found personnel of the
14th Sikh Light infantry guilty of
extrajudicially killing a civilian, T Moni
after picking him up from his house at
Tonsen Lamkhai village under Sugnu
police station in Chandel district in 1998, 73
little action has been taken with regard to
the human rights violations including the
ones on which judicial or magisterial or
departmental inquiries have been ordered.
In 2004, the State government ordered
eight judicial and magisterial inquiries into
the following alleged extrajudicial
executions:
(1) A magisterial inquiry into the killing
of Thangjam Binoy on 7 March
2004 by 28th Assam Rifles at
Kshetri Leikai, Charangpat road
under Thoubal Police Station
reportedly established that he was
innocent. 74
(2) The State government reportedly
decided to handover the killing of
Khundrakpam Tejkumar, third year
BA student of D M College of Arts,
Imphal by the Assam Rifles
personnel on 9 March 2004 to the
CBI. 75
(3) Khumanthem Ajitkumar alias
Naoba son of Kh Nagor Singh of
Karang Mamang Leikai under
Patsoi police station on the
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