Assault slur on Commandos
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 22 2011:
Imphal West commandos have been accused of detaining and thrashing a pregnant woman on the charge of being a cadre of NSCN-IM.
MS Leishiwon (31) w/o M Chon of New Cannan village, Ukhrul district was pulled up by Imphal West commandos from Khuman Lampak Sports complex together with two other individuals in the afternoon of August 19 .
It is reported that Leishiwon came in a mini-truck along with veteran footballer H Surinder (45) of her locality and one Chihansing (22) of Nungsong village to collect pig feeds.
They were halted by a team of Imphal West commandos in civilian fatigue and charged that they were NSCN-IM cadres coming to plant bombs.
Leishiwon and her companion were put in a white colour Maruti van and they were taken to different places, said Leishiwon while speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club here today.
"At commando complex, they (commando personnel) thrashed me blue and black", she said.
Even as Leishiwon was granted bail by the Court considering her health condition, her two male companions are still in police custody.
Meanwhile, president of the Southern Tangkhul Students' Union Simther Jajo has strongly condemned the excesses committed by police.
The commando personnel involved in the incident should be penalised within three days failing which intense modes of agitation would be launched, Simther said.
Pointing out that man generally do not physically assault woman according to Tangkhul customs, he asked whether the law permits police man to assault women.