John Basho Pou
Senapati | April 28
Adai Puimei, one of the main accused in the kidnapping and murder of two Senapati school children Moheni Martin and Hriinii Hurbert, escaped in the evening of April 24 from the custody of NSCN (IM) headquarter at Hebron in Dimapur. Two other main suspects in the crime are Brown Tangkhul and Manikho Mao along with suspects whose names are being withheld to avoid untoward communal violence in Senapati.
Adai Puimei escaped as a result of a security lapse on the part of the NSCN (IM), said Veino Solomon, chairman of the Fact Finding Committee on the murder of the two children whose skeletal remains were found at the foothills of Viewland Colony in Senapati by two other kids who were hunting birds there.
The committee consisting of tribes` presidents and women’s bodies will call on NSCN (IM) tomorrow to discuss the latest development even as the deadline given to the outfit ends on April 29.
The Senapati District Women’s Association is also gearing up for a sit-in dharna at Hebron to pressurize the outfit for speedy deliverance of justice to the parents of the two children and public at the earliest, and befitting punishment to those culprits who were behind the heinous crime.
The NSCN (IM) has set up a separate special task force led by Johnny, one of the investigation experts of the outfit, for the investigation into the crime.
Meanwhile, S Lungnila, mother of Brown Tangkhul said in an appeal carried by the Imphal Free Press today that her son Brown Tangkhul was innocent and not involved in the crime. She said that Brown`s confession was a forced and dictated confession. Is it a real and right trial to bring justice, she asked in the appeal.
The committee was also not happy with the Manipur state government for not doing their duty and not keeping their words. Veino Solomon said that the committee would not correspond with the state government unless the state officials did it officially to satisfy the public.
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