Imphal, Feb 15: The slumbered infamous July 23 fake encounter killing case of Khwairamband Keithel Imphal in 2009 is once more come to light to the political theater here in the state of Manipur as large number of protestors today blocked road demanding speedy trial of those responsible to the killing of Th. Rabina and Ch. Sanjit in broad daylight of July 23, 2009 at Khwairamband Keithel Imphal.
The protest is reportedly staged after a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by Inspector General of Police arrived today morning here in Imphal. The team is expected to speed up the pending case of two infamous case , July 23, Khwairamband Keithel fake encounter killing case of 2009 and the Imphal Airport drug haul case, 11th January, 2013, at which at which Congress candidate Okram Henry is also an accused.
At around 2 pm today, around 100 of protestors came out in the street at Khurai Lamlong Keithel and blocked all vehicular movement s demanding immediate trial of those responsible in the Khwairamband Keithel Fake encounter killing case of July 23. Slogans to award punishment to then Director General of Police (DGP) Y. Joykumar were also shouted in the protest.
The July 23, 2009, Khwairamband Keithel Fake encounter killing case had been investigated by CBI and has been charge sheeted in trial court. But it has been dragging in the trial court with no possibility for delivering justice to the victims till yet. With regard to this brutal murder, one Head Constable of Manipur Police, Thounaojam Herojit came out with a public confession last year. He has confessed that it was him who shot Chungkham Sanjit on the repeated orders of the then Additional SP Akoijam Jhalajit who also told Herojit that the Chief Minister and the then DGP, Yumnam Joykumar had given the same order to finish off Sanjit. Herojit also confessed that all the rest of the eight co-accused in the case are innocent.
But, the state government has not taken up any fair step to give any effective result to this extraordinary confession till yet for obvious reasons to cover up its crime by delaying tactics in cahoot with its puppets in the judiciary and legal fraternity. In their justification, the Court is still trying to find out the culprits.