Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 12:
A team of IRB personnel attached to the Porompat police station arrested a youth from KR Lane this afternoon and later released him after severe thrashing, said press sources.
The thrashed youth has been identified as one Raffidin (23).Sources said that the IRB personnel who were in an inebriated state came in a Gypsy and whisked away Raffidin who was standing near a shop at KR Lane.
The IRB personnel also fired two rounds before speeding off in their vehicle along with Raffiddin, added the source.
Raffidin was later released by the IRB personnel at around 4.30 pm after being beaten up inside their barrack.
Meanwhile, the identity of the youth who was gunned downed by unidentified persons at Phoubakchao Yumnam Leirak under Mayang Imphal PS on the night of Jan 10 was established today as one Ningthoujam Deven alias Chinglemba (19) s/o Achouba of Keirenphabi Maning Leikai.
Sources further said that he had joined an underground outfit in March 2004.