Morung Express News
Dimapur | February 4
A man slipped into coma after he was allegedly assaulted by personnel of Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Dimapur Railway Station on February 3 night.
The victim Senenlo Kath, a former finance secretary of the Dimapur Naga Students Union and former general secretary of the Rengma Students Union, was at the railway platform waiting to catch a train to Guwahati, a press statement received from Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ), a youth organization said on Thursday.
According to RSZ, the victim was assaulted twice by RPF personnel and sustained serious internal head injury. The first assault occurred between 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm when Kath was charging his phone at the mobile charging outlet available at the platform. The on-duty RPF personnel reportedly objected to it to which the victim replied that he should be allowed since it was a public utility.
The youth organization claimed that though there was no provocation whatsoever for the RPF personnel to get violent but they “got infuriated and assaulted him (Kath) brutally without any rhyme or reason.” Government Railway Police Station (GRPS) personnel noticing the commotion intervened, took custody of Kath and later released him after providing him first-aid. The second assault occurred not long after he was released from the GRPS, the RSZ said.
As a result, Kath sustained injury to the head and had to cancel his trip to Guwahati and headed home at around 12:30 am. Initially, it was assumed that the injury was external, nevertheless, the RSZ said, he was taken to hospital by his wife where he was treated and returned home at around 3:00 am.
He went to bed only to lapse into coma and was subsequently admitted to Zion Hospital and Research Center where scan results indicated that he had sustained internal head injury, the RSZ said. He was further referred to Guwahati by doctors.
While informing that a formal complaint has been lodged at the GRPS, the RSZ further demanded the RPF “higher authority” take action on the erring personnel. “Failing to book and punish the culprits at the earliest, it will take its own course of action for which the youth organization will not be held responsible,” stated the RSZ.
