Hopeson Ningshen of NSCN (IM) sentenced life imprisonment
Source: IT News
Imphal, November 23 2019:
NSCN (IM) cadre Hopeson Ningshen has been awarded life imprisonment sentence by a trial court of Delhi High Court.
Hopeson Ningshen was sentenced for life for abducting and murdering three government officials in Manipur in 2009 .
Ningshen and his men abducted Thingnam Kishan Singh, sub-divisional officer of Kasom Khullen in Ukhrul district in Manipur, and five others on February 13, 2009 .
On February 17, 2009, bodies of Kishan Singh, Y Token Singh and A Rajen Sarma were recovered from the banks of the Tuphau Kuki river.
Ningshen, of NSCN (IM)), was arrested on May 25, 2009, after investigations pointed towards his involvement in the abduction and the triple murder.
He was sentenced for life by a trial court in 2014 and the Delhi High Court bench of Justice G S Sistani and Justice Chander Shekhar upheld the trial court's verdict.