Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 20:
Under Secretary in the Government of Manipur and MCS officer Hareshwar Goswami has lodged a case against an SDC of Konthoujam Circle (Under transfer to the post of Sub Registrar, Hqs), Salam Kunjakishore accusing him of assaulting him and trying to malign his (Goswami) name by giving wrong reports to the media.
The case filed before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate prayed that the Court take cognizance of the case, issue warrant of arrest against the accused and punish the accused according to the law for the ends of justice.
In his petition, the MCS officer said that the report that there was a scuffle between him and the SDC on June 15 was wrong and added that it was instead a case of assault by the SDC on him (Goswami).
The petition also gave a detailed account of the history that led to the incident on June 15 and added that after the complainant was assaulted by the SDC, he had to take medical treatment at JN Hospital in the evening at about 7.The report that the accused SDC fed the media amounted to tarnishing the image of the complainant, said the petition and urged the Court to take up action for offences committed under Section 225 and 500 of the IPC.