Womenfolk stormed police station over youth abduction

Imphal, May 8 : Family members, relatives and Meira Paibee members today stormed the Singjamei police station demanding production of the police commando personnel involved in the abduction of Khwairakpam Megha (34), whose traces have been not known after he was reportedly arrested by personnel of Imphal East from Khagempalli on May 6 .

However, locals said that one of the three personnel alleged to have involved in the arrest has been interrogated at Singjamei police station.

Kh Megha son of (L) Pishak of Kakwa Naorem Leikai was said to have been arrested from Khagempalli by personnel of Imphal East police commando.

His mother, Kh Bengi is the publicity secretary of Khwairamband Nupee Keithel Sinpham-Saktam Kanba Lup.

However, the police had not mentioned about the reported interrogation of one of the alleged personnel at Singjamei police station.

Family members, on the other hand, revealed that one of the alleged personnel has been at Singjamei police station.

Bengi said that her son has opened an iron and steel workshop on his own.

She said that her son and an employee in the workshop were riding a black colour Activa (MN 01-9658) towards the workshop yesterday morning around 9.30 when they were halted by occupants of a numberless Rakshak car, in civil dress, at Khagempalli and asked them to step inside the vehicle.

Megha then pleaded to leave behind his employee saying that he was a minor.

One of the occupants rode the Activa and he was lodged inside the vehicle, Megha mother said.

Just then they came across a team of Imphal West police commando.

Megha shouted for help to the police commando.

But after the civilian dressed team identified themselves as a team of Imphal East commando, which forced the Imphal West police team let them go, she said.

The 'abductors' in civvies have also told the IW police team that the arrested person is a KCP cadre, she added.

Megha's mother also said that the involved personnel were Mangijao of Thoubal Kshetri Leikai, Haokhomang, and the other one from Churachandpur.

She further said that the one interrogated at Singjamei police could not be identified.

Family members as well as the local Meira Paibee have threatened to launch intense agitation in case the police fail to furnish reasonable response by 8am of tomorrow.