Wife of detainee demands explanations
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 28 2018: E Ranjita, wife of Keshorchandra Wangkhem has claimed that the authority concerned has failed to provide the family members with any official reasons for detaining her husband in judicial custody till now.

She made the claims before media persons and members of Karwan e Mohabat who are on a three-day visit to the State to investigate human right violations in the State, including mob lynching, extra judicial killing and others.

Speaking to media persons Ranjita questioned the authority concerned regarding the reasons for detaining her husband, who had been released by the Court after furnishing necessary PR stating that his acts were not seditious.

She said that she has been left completely helpless with her two small children a d drew the attention of the CSOs and those working in the field of human rights to extend all possible help in finding out the reason behind the sudden detention of her husband without giving any kind of specific reasons or charges.

Advocate, Chongtham Victor, counsel of Keshorchandra, in his bail application before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, had stated that slapping NSA on his client is a gross violation of human rights.

Quoting the recent order of the Court stating that the words, terms and gesture used by Keshorchandra in the video cannot be termed as seditious as they were mere expression of opinion against the public conduct of public figure in a street language, he questioned on what manner his client is likely to cause disturbance to the society.

The CSOs and stakeholders of the State also need to question the genuine reason for detaining Keshorchandra for if such negative culture of misusing power is followed in the future, the rights of the people will be suppressed, the advocate added.

He asserted that the authority concerned is blowing the simple issue to a bigger one and asked if NSA can be implemented against a citizen of the country for expressing his or her anger towards the Government in vulgar languages.

Stating that as per NSA, the notification should be given within five days from the day of arrest, the advocate said that until they get the necessary notification, they will be unable to decide the next step to take up.

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