Can SC's judgment stop fake encounters, asks RPF-V
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 18 2013:
Contd from April 18 .
On the other hand, Indian Army is not left behind in this treachery.
If any person wearing Khudei had been arrested while sleeping at home, it is sure that they would be found shot dead wearing oversized camouflage uniforms and boots the following day.
Even rickshaw drivers who have been arrested were found converted into UG cadres after they were killed.
The Tera Massacre (1993), RMC Massacre (1996), Tonsem Lamkhai Massacre (1999) and Malom Massacre (2000) were some gruesome genocide carried out by Indian Army personnel after 80s.The gang rape and brutal killing of Thangjam Manorama (32) after arresting her from her house on the night of July 11, 2004 created uproar in whole of Manipur.
Meira Paibi leaders shed their clothes in front of the Assam Rifles camp at the Western Gate of Kangla and demanded to remove AFSPA and Indian Army from the state.
The self immolation of Pebam Chittaranjan demanding the repeal of AFSPA at Bishnupur added more fuel to the public revolution and exposed the gruesome and inhumane nature of Indian Army and their attitude towards the people of Manipur to the whole world.
But what saddened the people of Manipur the most was the killing of four civilians including three Kuki students by Manipur Police Commandos when the whole state was demanding the repeal of AFSPA.
When the state government was unable to control the situation, they begged the Centre for some mercy and the latter allowed the state government to remove AFSPA from seven Assembly Segments in Greater Imphal on trial basis.
Afterwards, the Centre formed Jeevan Reddy Commission to conduct an enquiry into the necessity of AFSPA in Manipur.
The Commission recommended repeal of AFSPA from Manipur, but the Center has kept the report in cold storage without any consideration.
After this incident, the Manipur Police Commandos have surpassed the Indian Security Forces and overtook them in carrying out fake encounters or Extra Judicial killings in the state.
As a matter of fact, the Supreme Court of India began the investigation into various fake encounters with cases in which Manipur Police Commandos were involved while leaving earlier incidents for future consideration.
Since the Commission had reported that all the six cases were fake encounters, some personnel of the Manipur Police Commandos who put their souls in carrying out such extra judicial activities will now get terminated from their services while some will spend the rest of their lives cooling their heels in the jail.
Now, the Mainpur Police Commandos have become the scapegoat in the killing game.
At present, the India Government is facing allegations and warnings from different branch organisations of United Nations and many countries have demanded repeal of AFSPA and to stop the right violations by Indian Army in Manipur.
As a result, the India government has initiated the proposal to repeal AFSPA from Manipur.
However, the Chief of Army Staff of India is now opposing the proposal stating that Army would not be able to carry out counter insurgency operations in the state if AFSPA is removed.
Unfortunately, the Indian legislators are not saying anything against the opinion of the Army Chief and it shows that India is a country which believes in Neo-Colonialism, thus proving itself to be a Hangover of the British Colonial Government.
If the India government wants to stop such tortures and extra-judicial killings, then it has to sign both the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention 1977 and translate them into action.
On the other hand, India has signed the Anti Torture Convention 1948 in the early part of 1995 but its Army is still torturing innocent peoples all these years.
After studying the history of the past decades, RPF has re-affirmed that the AFSPA is the root cause of the various Extra Judicial Killings in the state.
Even if the Supreme Court punishes the erring security personnel, such extra-judicial killings would continue in a more secured manner so that they could escape future legal punishments, RPF stated, while Thanking the Human Rights Alert and Extra Judicial Execution Victims' Families Association for bringing up the cases to the Supreme Court for ensuring justice to the victims' families.
Concluded .
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