Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 10, 2010:
The dead body of the hotel boy who succumbed to his injury inflicted by a bullet fired out accidentally by a police commando personnel of the Bazar unit of Imphal west police commando was taken by the family following an assurance from the state tribal development and veterinary minister, DD Thaisii.
The hotel boy W Thoho (31) son of Witso of Lyai village who sustained injury when the commando personnel fired out a shot from his service gun carbine at OK Hotel where he worked on January 27 last succumbed to his injury yesterday.
The commando personnel involved in the case has been identified as Dhani of Senapati.
He is a rifleman of the 5th IRB and currently attached as commandos in the Imphal west district police.
With regard to the death of the hotel boy, some villagers of Lyai village led by the chairman of the village authority met with DGP and SP.
In the meeting villagers insisted to provide a government job to the next of kin of the deceased.
Later, they called on the State Minister of Tribal Development and Veterinary, DD Thaisii who is also the local MLA.
He assured of extending all kinds of cooperation from his side in fulfilling the demand of the villager.