HM, DGP equally responsible for fake encounters: BJP
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 05 2013 :
With all the six cases of encounter killings probed into by the Supreme Court appointed Committee declaring to be fake encounters, BJP State Unit has piled heat on the Government asserting that the those who were in charge of Home Minister and the DGP during the occurrence of these fake encounters are equally responsible and were involved in the act.
Addressing media persons at its office at Nityaipat Chuthek here today, Salam Ibohal, spokesperson of BJP Manipur Pradesh, said that the cases of fake encounters, forced disappearances and assaults on women are not new in Manipur.
So, the initiative taken up by Extrajudicial Execution Victims Families' Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert HRA) and filing of a PIL in the Supreme Court is praiseworthy and it is indeed an eye opening for the people of Manipur.
He observed that at the time of pronouncing the quantum of the punishments, it would not be right just to punish the involved AR personnel or police commandos.
The Home Ministers and the DGPs related to the period should also be held responsible and given punishment.