BT Road shooting trial Herojit fails to turn up again
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 14 2016: For the fifth consecutive time, sus-pended Head Constable Th Herojit failed to appear before the Special CBI Court (Sessions Court, Imphal West) for the trial of BT road shooting incident citing health reasons today as well.

Another accused identified as Binoykumar who was also listed for the trial hearing conducted under Sessions trial case number 7 of 2010/57 of 2015 did not turn up.

However, all other accused against whom CBI Imphal Branch had filed charge sheets were present.

The Court examined and recorded the submissions of former Senior Physician of JNIMS hospital, Th Joy, who is the prosecution witness number 81 of the case during today's hearing.

Later, the Court fixed June 24 as the next date of hearing.

It may be mentioned that Th Herojit has failed to appear before the Court on health ground till today ever since his plea to make full disclosure of the circumstances leading to Chungkham Sanjit's death was rejected by the Court.

In the second week of January this year, Herojit sensationally made a confessional statement before the National and state media that he killed unarmed Sanjit inside Maimu Pharmacy on BT road under the instruction of the then Imphal West Additional SP Dr AK Jhaljit on July 23, 2009 .

On the same day, Thokchom Rabina, who was eight months pregnant, was also killed a stray bullet coming from an unknown direction.

The State Government handed over the case to CBI after 'Tehelka' magazine published tell-tale photographs of the incident.

Later, CBI submitted charge sheets against the then City Police station OC Y Munal and eight other police personnel of Imphal west district including Th Herojit.

The case was transferred from Imphal West Sessions Court to Imphal East Sessions Court in September 2010 and the submission of prosecution witnesses began on January 5, 2012 .

In November 2014, the trial case was again transferred to Sessions Court, Imphal West.

Of the more than 200 prosecution witnesses listed by CBI, 81 witnesses including Imphal West SP Dr AK Jhaljit, Chungkham Sanjit's mother Taratombi, ISTV Editor Brozendra Ningomba and Human Rights Alert Director Babloo Loitongbam had deposed before the Court so far.

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