Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 16:
Thoubal district police have taken into custody one Yumkhaibam Shyamchandra Singh (39) of Andro Awang Leikai and a case registered against him in connection with brutal physical assault of another person identified as Heikrujam Budhichandra Singh of Andro Machengpat.
A statement issued by SP of Thoubal district Dr S Ibocha Singh said on getting a complaint report at about 2 pm yesterday by Officer-in-Charge of Yairipok Police Station from Yumkhaibam Shyamchandra Singh s/o Y Dhamo Singh of Andro Awang Leikai on alleged kidnapping of his wife identified as Yumkhaibam Ongbi Pateshwori Devi (35) the by villagers and his dwelling house damaged by the miscreants and Meira Paibis of Andro at about 2.15 pm, a police team led by the Officer in-Charge went to Andro along with the complainant.
However, on reaching Andro, the Meira Paibis narrated to the police about the incident which occurred on March 9.The version of the Maira Paibis said the complainant Yumkhaibam Shyamchandra Singh and his party had beaten up Heikrujam Budhichandra Singh (42) s/o late H Balchandra Singh of Andro Machengpat so brutally that the victim has been consequently taken to Guwahati as his condition was very serious and treatment in Manipur was not advisable.
The womenfolk expressed their willingness to hand over the wife of Shyamchandra to the SP.
But on the verge of going to receive the alleged kidnapped woman, the enraged womenfolk on seeing complainant Shyamchandra gheraoed the police and tried to snatch and killed him.
Even after much persuasion by the police, the womenfolk and local youth number about 1000 could not be convinced and as there was no other alternative to prevent the irate mob, the police resorted to blank firing and brought Shyamchandra to Yairipok police without causing any collateral damage either to the people or to the police and their vehicles, the statement said.
Later during the course of interrogation at Yairipok Police Station, SP said Shyamchandra disclosed that he had a heated argument on the recently concluded State Assembly election with Heikrujam Budhichandra came to Andro Bazar on March 9 at around 8 pm.
During the argument, Shyamchandra, and one of his friends physically assaulted Budhichandra and fustigated him with a fire wood found there.
After that Budhichandra was left unconscious there.
Based on the interrogation statement, OC Yairipok PS had registered a case (FIR No.26 (3) 2007 YPK PS U/S 326/34 IPC on suo motto as no complaint was received by OC Yairipok PS against the complainant turned accused in connection with the incident till date.
The complainant turned accused is in the custody of OC Yairipok PS, the SP informed.
According to information received by the press, at three residential houses, one belonging to Shyamchandra, one to his brother Ibotombi and the other to his father Dhamo besides two granaries have been vandalised in the violent incident.
Though Shyamchandra is now in the custody of Yairipok police, whereabouts of his wife is not known.