Commanding Officer-in-Charge must be punished for life attempt to Sital Oinam, GS DESAM
17th July 2018
Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) regret to learn the incompetency of the Manipur Police in controlling mob without the lady police and for using harsh action against the Students demanding for justice with regard to the ongoing Manipur University’s Turmoil.
We experienced in the past that the inhuman action by the police took the life of an innocent student namely Sapamcha Robinhood in the year 2015 demanding for ILP in the state. Yesterday, yet another incident which is suspected to be done intentionally by pushing Mr. Sital Oinam, General Secretary DESAM mercilessly by the Police in front of the running truck which resulted in serious fracture and other injury.
We further suspect that the action was carried out under the command of the concern Officer-in-Charge deployed to curb the mob and must be liable to be punished for committing a life attempt. We fear that the action of the police is a clear threat to the Students’ Organisation not to function by trying to eliminate the Student Leaders of the state.
It is also clear that the police are not well trained on how to control the mob as Manipur Police have failed to control just a mob of 30-40 students.
We have been demanding the Government of Manipur to trained properly of the Manipur Police Personnel on the crowd control or mob control, however, still failed to do so till date as a result many students were made severely injured even had claimed the life of innocent students in many of the standoff between the police and the students in the past.
It seems the Police Personnel have forgotten their real duty to protect the civilians instead their duties turned out to protect only “Netas” and the bureaucrats which is very unfortunate.
YFPHR, therefore, appeal the Director General of Police and Chief Minister:
1. To punish the Officer-in-Charge who is responsible for commanding to act in such a manner to harm an innocent student leader and other students who took part in yesterday’s protest in front of Bal Bhavan and BJP H/O.
2. To provide proper training to existing police personnel including the officers and the newly recruited personnel on crowd control or mob control.
Yours sincerely,
Youth’’s Forum For Protectiion Of Human Riights
Palace Compound West, Imphal East – 795001
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This Press Release was posted on July 18 2018
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