PAC, NEFIS demand immediate handing of Pravish Chanam case to CBI
submits memorandum to union Home Minister
Source: NEFIS *

Imphal, March 13 2018: A delegation of North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) today submitted a memorandum to Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Rajnath Singh regarding the lack of investigation into case of death of a Manipuri youth, Pravish Chanam in Noida, Uttar Pradesh under suspicious circumstances.

Pravish Chanam, it should be known, had died in Noida last year under suspicious circumstances.

Pravish Chanam had come to Delhi on a visit and had been residing in Safdarjung, Delhi with his friends.

On 8th September 2017, he went to Knowledge Park in Noida to attend a music concert with his friends and went missing after the concert and had been later found dead.

The Noida Police had been making investigation into the circumstances which led to his death.

But the shoddy inquiry conducted by the police as well as the subsequent details of the case strongly pointed towards the dubious role of police personnel themselves in the case.

Consequently, the victim's family demanded an inquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation into the case.

Since, the matter fell under the authority of UP Govt, the deceased's family requested the Manipur Govt to ask UP Chief Minister to transfer the case to CBI.

It should be known that despite UP Govt assuring the Manipur Govt that the case would be transferred to the CBI, no further steps have been taken in this direction.

This amounts to a blatant attempt to shield the culprits by allowing them ample time to destroy evidence which may implicate them in future.

The delegation sought immediate intervention of the Union Home Ministry into the matter.

NEFIS has warned of an intensification of people's struggle, if its demands are not met.

* The sender of this news can be contacted at nefis(DOT)delhi(AT)gmail(DOT)com .

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