VDF personnel beaten up at Bijoygovinda
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 28 2011:
In a rare incident of its kind, irate public beat up a VDF personnel black and blue for shooting and injuring an innocent boy at Sagolband Bijoy Govinda area today.
The boy who was injured in the incident was identified as one Wahengbam Bigyananda (16) son of late Deven from Sagolband Bijoy Govinda.
He sustained bullet injury on his left foot and had been admitted at RIMS hospitals.
The incident occurred when Bigyananda along with his five friends were returning in a car from house of the owner of Eastern Motor at Kongba Keithel where they went to ask for a job.
On reaching the site of the incident, VDF personnel there stopped them for checking and asked them if they were using intoxicants to which Bigyananda replied in the negative.
Then they asked why they are not using the inner light of the car and why there was no registration number printed on their vehicle.
Bigyananda again told them that they were using the inner light of the car and there were no registration.
number printed on their vehicle since their vehicle was brought recently.
At that instance, another personnel came from behind and shot him with his 303 rifle asking him why he answered back.
Public who witnessed the scene soon rose against the act of VDF personnel and beat up the accused VDF personnel black and blue.
However a team of Imphal West Police led by Additional SP (Operation) Herojit controlled the mob and rescued the VDF personnel.
Meanwhile, police is refusing to disclose the identity of the accused VDF personnel.