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PERPETRATORS
A combined team of Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stationed at Manipur and some unknown persons.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF
DISAPPEARANCE
Kingsutlin and his wife
were staying in a rented house at Koirengei, Imphal for his wife's medical
treatment, when on 28 April 1995 at around 3 p.m., a combined team of
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stationed at Manipur and some unknown
persons came to their rented house and beat him black and blue. They also
threatened Kingsutlin to keep mum about the assault.
The next day again at
around 7 p.m., the same group of armed people came to the rented house and
took him away. This time they again assaulted him and ransacked the room.
They took Rs. 100/- from his wife and threatened her not to inform anyone
about the incident. Nothing was said to his wife as to what are the
charges against her husband.
SEARCH EFFORTS
His wife Mrs. Leivonthem
Kom informed the CRPF authorities stationed at Langjing. They simply
ignored her complaint. She then submitted a written report to the Officer
in Charge of the Heingang Police Station, copies of which were submitted
to the Chief Minister of Manipur at Imphal, the Secretary General of the
National Human Rights Commission at New Delhi and the Director General of
Police at Imphal. But this was of little help to her. So on 2 May 1995 she
moved a writ of Habeas Corpus in the Gauhati High Court, Imphal
Bench and it was registered as Civil Rule (HC) 22/95.
PRESENT STATUS
Kingsutlin's whereabouts is
not known till date. The Habeas Corpus is pending in the High
Court. Advocate N. Koteshore is representing the petitioner in the High
Court.
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