Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 26:
The Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Guwahati has convicted four CRPF personnel for killing nine civilians, including MBBS student Momi Riba on January 7, 1995 in front of RIMS gate.
A statement issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation from New Delhi today said that the four CRPF personnel were handed life terms in an order issued on March 17 this year and named the convicted men as Head Constable Ram Dayal Sah, Constables Shiv Kumar Pandey and Puttu Lal and Naik Md Razak.
The four were also slapped a fine of Rs 5 thousand each failing which their prison terms will be extended by three more months.
Detailing the killing of the nine civilians, the statement said that the four CRPF men were on guard duty on the said day at RIMS and they were fired upon by unidentified gunmen when they were near the Sulabh toilet to ease themselves.
In the attack, Constable VH Yusuf was injured and he was immediately rushed to RIMS hospital, said the statement and added that after admitting him, Head Constable Ram Dayal Sah and Constable Shiv Kumar Pandey returned to Sulabh toilet and started firing in which MBBS student Momi Riba and L Pradip Sharma, an employee at Sulabh were killed.
Sah and Pandey then made their way towards the south gate of RIMS and opened fire in which Md Zakir a rickshaw puller was killed while an auto-driver N Sarat Singh received grievous injuries.
Naik Md Razak and Constable Puttu Lal who were also on duty at RIMS also came out and opened fire towards the auto-stand killing six auto-drivers.
The victims have been identified as S Premchand, T Rajendra, W Upendra, RK Shogun, A Debendra and H Shogun.
Following the request of the State Government, the case was taken up by the CBI, said the statement and added that charge sheets were filed against the four before the Court of the CMM on November 19, 1999 .
On the intervention of the Supreme Court of India, the case was transferred to Guwahati where the verdict was issued by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court on March 17 this year.