Manipuri Actress Molested by NSCN IM Cadre in Manipur

The alleged molestation of a Manipuri actress in full public view by an NSCN-IM cadre has sparked outrage in the state with the Film Forum Manipur announcing a statewide indefinite bandh since Friday.

Many civil organisation came out on the street Saturday and damaged as many as vehicles in an around the state and blocked the highways.

The bandh would continue until the culprit NSCN-IM cadre is booked, the film forum announced.

During a musical concert held at Chandel on Tuesday night, self-styled 'lt-col' Livingstone Anal molested and bashed up Khangembam Momoco.

Meanwhile, deputy chief minister of Manipur Gaikhangam has appealed to Film Forum Manipur to lift the bandh.  In his appeal, he said, 'I express my anguish and reiterate my condemnation in strongest term at the outrageous act of molestation and assault on a popular film personality, Miss Momoko and assault on other artists, allegedly committed by one of the NSCN(IM) cadres.’ He promised that “no stone will be left unturned to nab the culprit”.

However, no arrest has been made in connection with the case so far.

Calling the incident ‘very unfortunate’, the Naga body of Chandel district of the state said an act of one individual should not be brought to the fore of ethnic lines that could trigger communal tension or create fear psychosis in this already trouble torn state of Manipur.

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Raping Girlfriend in Restaurant

Even though restaurants with dark cabin that provide room for immoral activities are banned in Imphal and its surrounding areas as part of moral uplift drives, illicit activities of young lovers continue at these places.

A case of a rape of a 20-year old girl by her lover boy was registered with the police on August 6 last followed by the rape victim being hospitalized at RIMS hospital with complaint of bleeding injury in her private parts.

The mother lodged the complaint with the Singjamei police on the same on Friday after the girl was admitted at the hospital for medical treatment.

In her complaint with the Singjamei police station of Imphal west district, the mother alleged that her 20-year old daughter was raped in a restaurant located at Canchipur, Imphal by a youth named Koijam Romesh, a resident of Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai Imphal, who identified himself to be an ASI or SI in the state police department.

The daughter disclosed to her mother about the affairs with her boy friend at the restaurant at about 2.10 pm of the day.

She is currently being treating at RIMS Hospital.

The incident of immoral activity at the restaurant to light hardly after two months since volunteers of some civil organisations like the Ningol Khongchat Lup (NKL) conducted and checked several restaurants located in and around the Imphal city and ransacked closed cabins with dark rooms as part of a moral uplift drive.

During these drives, they found many telltale signs of immoral activities with the recovery of condoms and also boys and girls being caught red handed in compromising positions.They also asked owners of the restaurants to follow guidelines laid down by them regarding the prevention of immoral activities of young girls and boys.

They are observed that 80 % of women related crimes in the state originated from restaurants.

Dark rooms have been a favourable place for indulging in immoral activities for young girls and boys.

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Sex Lighter for students

In India, a wholesale dealer of a sex lighter was arrested in Kottayama in Kerala for selling the product which was reportedly selling like hot cakes among school students.
Kottayam superintendent of police S Sreejith said: “When the lighter is lit, a picture of a lady in a compromising position pops out.”
Priced at Rs 15, the lighter was very popular among schoolchildren. The matter surfaced when a schoolboy gifted the lighter to a girl in his class. The girl’s parents approached the police and they tracked down the wholesale dealer.

Poor farmer in India cut liver of his seven years old daughter

A girl of seven in India was murdered and had her liver cut in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest.

Two men, both poor farmers, have now been arrested in central India for allegedly carrying out the killing, police said today.

Lalita Tati disappeared in October and her dismembered remains were found a week later, said Rajendra Narayan Das, a senior police officer in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state.

The state is the tenth largest in the country and beliefs in traditional healers runs deep. 

Police arrested the men last week and they told officers they killed the girl to appease their gods and get a better harvest.

Tati was walking home after watching TV at a neighbour's house when she was kidnapped, Das said.

The two men confessed to cutting her open and removing her liver as an offering.

Das said the police had gathered enough evidence, apart from the confessions, to charge the two with murder.

Selling wife for Rs 6000 in India

A Gulf returnee allegedly sold his wife for Rs 6,000 to a broker in Korutla mandal of Karimnagar district. The incident came to light here on Monday after police booked a case against the accused following a complaint from the victim's son.

The accused, Medula Rajender, 42, of Malyala village in Chandurthi mandal sold his wife Medula Ammayi, 36, to the broker on October 13 to meet his liquor expenses. Daily wager Rajender found it hard to buy liquor and struck a deal with the broker to sell his wife.

On Saturday morning, he forcibly took her to Chandurthi where he left her at the bus station and told her to wait for the broker. "I was shocked when he told me that he had sold me for Rs 6,000 to the broker in Kortula. He even bought a bus ticket to Korutla for me and left the place," recalled a crying Ammayi.

She travelled for some distance and got down at Rudrangi village. Later, she went to a relative's house at Rajalingampally village in Mudipally mandal to narrate the incident. "I had married Rajender 20 years ago but could not imagine in my wildest dreams that he would resort to such a heinous act," she said.

Based on a complaint from the couple's eldest son Anoop, 18, on Monday, police registered a case under section 498 of the IPC. Sub-inspector Rafeeq Khan told TOI that Rajender used to threaten and harass Ammayi for money. "We are counselling the couple. The accused would be produced before the family court soon," the SI said. The couple have two other sons - Karthik, 15 and Abhishek, 12.

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1528 killed in fake encounters in Manipur

Altogether 1528 people including 31 women and 98 children were killed in fake encounters by security forces in Manipur between 1979 and May, 2012.

Of these, 419 were killed by Assam Rifles while 481 were killed by combined teams of Manipur Police and central security forces.

These figures were clearly recorded in a report released today at Hotel Imphal at a function held in commemora-tion of August 18, 1958 when the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was passed in the Indian Parliament.

The commemorative function was jointly organised by the Just Peace Foundation and the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights in Manipur and the UN.

The report titled ‘Manipur: Memorandum on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Execu-tions’ mentioned that State forces excluding central forces killed 344 people between 1979 and 2012.

Out of the 344 people, 40 were killed by Manipur Police Commandos, 90 by Imphal East Commandos, 132 by Imphal West commandos, 15 by Bishnupur Commandos and 67 by Thoubal Commandos.

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