Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 06 2010:
A suspected underground was killed in an alleged encounter with troops of 28 Assam Rifles today at Lemba Maring village under Yairipok police station of Thoubal district and recovered a 9 mm pistol with a magazine loaded with six live rounds.
Even though police said the suspect youth was killed in encounter, villagers said that there was no encounter in the area but they could hear firing of three rounds of guns today morning at about 5.30, no sooner had a column of Assam Rifles enter the area.
Later, a police commando team also arrived along with a police team and taken away the dead body which was killed by the Assam Rifles.
Police reports said the encounter took place at about 5.30 am today, at Lemba village, about 4 km northwest of Yairipok police station.
The deceased was identified as Md Akbar (22), son of Md Ibomcha of Hatta.
Family said that he was a former KCP member and left home yesterday for Keirao.
He was working at an iron workshop located at Hatta.
The dead body has been transferred at RIMS morgue, Imphal.
The slain body has two bullet injury marks at the left side of the belly.
According to the villagers of Lemba Maring village while strongly decrying occurring of any kinds of encounter between security forces and an underground group, said that there were no underground activists in the village.
In the early morning today, a column of Assam Rifles was seen coming to the village and after they arrived there, firing of three rounds of gunshots were heard.
After around half an hour, a team of police commandos arrived.
The dead body was later retrieved from the spot by the police, they said.
Another highly reliable source said that the slain man could be the armed youth, who was abducted by the security force while trying to extort money from a shop at Lilong Bazar yesterday.
Mention may be made that out of two youths who came together to collect money from the shop of one Md Sanayai at Lilong Bazar yesterday was abducted by the security forces while the other one escaped.