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Imphal, Sep 17 : Three days after a 26-year-old man was lynched in Imphal West district on suspicion of being a vehicle lifter, police have suspended a sub-inspector and terminated the services of three other officers.The purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media, showed that the four police personnel were "present at the spot when the victim was alive and lying unattended", Imphal West SP Jogeshwar Haobijam told PTI.Farooque Khan, a resident of Thoubal district, was lynched by an irate mob early Thursday at Tharoijam area in West Imphal on suspicion that he had stolen a two-wheeler.Two others with Khan, who managed to escape, have not been identified so far.Local people set afire a car believed to have been used by the "two associates" of Ahmed."One sub-inspector has been suspended while three personnel of Village Defence Forces were terminated Sunday as one of the several videos of the incident circulating on social media showed that the four personnel were present at the spot when Khan was lying unattended," Haobijam said.The episode has triggered sharp condemnations and sit-in protests by various social activists in the area.The Manipur Human Rights Commission took up the case suo motu and directed the state director general of police to probe the matter and submit a report by September 22.Five people, including a havildar attached to the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.Several purported videos of a bleeding Khan were found doing the rounds on social media, prompting the Cyber Crime Unit to also take action against those who uploaded the clips, the SP said."We are still investigating into the incident. Stern action will be taken against everyone involved in the case," he added.PTI
Agartala, Jul 6 : Nine persons, including prime accused Sunil Mohan Tripura, have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a man for campaigning against rumour-mongering on child-lifting in Tripura, the police said today.
While Sunil Mohan was arrested yesterday from Sabroom in south Tripura district, another accused Hiren Tripura was held from the student hostel of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College of Belonia sub-division of the same district early today, IG (Law and Order) K V Sreejesh told PTI.
"We have got the video footage of the killing of Sukanta Chakraborty. He was held on the basis of the footage and complaints. We have found from the footage that all the accused were involved in the killing," he said.
Seven persons have been arrested earlier.
Four police personnel including one Assistant Sub-inspector of police and two personnel of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) have already been suspended in this connection.
Sukanta Chakraborty (33), a resident of the Sabroom sub-division of South Tripura district, was lynched by a mob on June 28 last, when he was returning from Kalacherra village after campaigning against the child lifting scare in the state.
He was hired by the state Information and culture department.
A woman and a hawker were also beaten to death on the suspicion of being child-lifters in separate incidents in the state on the same day.PTI
Guwahati, Jun 18 : Five more persons were arrested today in connection with the lynching of the two men at Dokmoka in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, taking the total arrest so far in the brutal killing to 36.
Altogether 71 persons have been arrested from different parts of Assam, with 36 for killing the men and 35 for spreading rumours and hate messages in social media, an Assam police spokesman said.
The five arrested today were--Raikom Timung, Mensing Kro, Roben Mech, Bikram Hanse and Protap Kro.
The two friends, Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath, had gone to the picnic spot Kangthilangso under Dokmoka police station in Karbi Anglong on June 8 last and while returning, their vehicle was stopped at Panjuri by a group of irate villagers who pulled them out, started beating them on the suspicion of being childifters and lynched them to death.
A video circulated on social media had shown Das pleading that he was an Assamese but it had no impact on the killers.
The killings evoked widespread protests and demand for exemplary punishment for the guilty.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had announced that the cases will be tried in fast track courts.PTI
Guwahati, Jun 15 : Two persons were arrested today for their alleged involvement with the lynching of two men in Assam's Karbi Anglong district last week, taking the number of people arrested in the murder case to 30, a police official said.
The Assam Police spokesperson identified the persons arrested today as Bubai Rabha and Bijay Swargiary.
Altogether 65 people have been arrested from various parts of Assam for killing Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) and spreading rumours and hate messages on social media.
Of them, 30 have been arrested for killing the two men and the rest for spreading hate messages and rumours on social media.
On June 8, Das and Nath had gone to Kangthilangso waterfall in Karbi Anglong district. While returning, their vehicle was stopped at Panjuri Kachari by villagers, who pulled them out from the car and beat them for hours before killing them mistaking them for child-lifters.
The brutal killing was recorded by locals on their mobile phones and circulated on social media.
Earlier today, representatives of All Assam Students' Union and 28 other tribal organisations met Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia and discussed the issue.
The delegation demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits through a fast-track court and requested the police to make the process error-free so that they cannot escape the law through "loopholes of the legal system", an AASU release stated.
The group also requested the police department to sensitise people against superstition and ensure students from Karbi Anglong, studying across the state, are not victimised.
Yesterday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal assured that the accused in the case would be tried in a fast-track court as per the demands of the people.
A team from Assam Human Rights Commission visited the site of the lynching and enquired about the incident.
Alfajoz Timung, the main accused who was out on bail in a murder case, was arrested yesterday. He had allegedly asked the villagers over the phone to stop the duo's vehicle and spread rumours of them being child-lifters.PTI
