Elderly man beaten up
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 12 2012:
A 50 years old man who came to the Keishampat Power House to lodge complaint over unavailability of power was beaten up by staffs of the office following a heated argument at around 8.30 pm today.
The victim was identified as Chongtham Kullachand, s/o Krishna of Kwakeithel Laishram Leikai.
Kullachand was coming to lodge complaint over unavailability of power in his locality, when he had heated argument with two staffs of the office, one of whom has been identified as S Tondonbi.
During the course of argument, the two staffs in the complaint room beat him up.
City Police OC RK Tejbir rushed to the office and prevented the matter from taking an ugly turn and Kullachand was taken to RIMS hospitals where he is undergoing treatment.
An Executive Engineer of the state Electricity Department also rushed at the office to enquire about the incident.
However, he denied occurrence of such incidents in the office.