CM writes to Home Minister to pull up IM
Brutal murder of SDO and two subordinates
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 20 2009: Literally pointing the finger of accusation against the NSCN (IM) in the abduction and brutal murder of Kasom Khullen SDO Dr Thingnam Kishan his two subordinate staff, driver Aribam Rajen and Mandal Yumnam Token, Chief Minister O Ibobi has written to the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to get in touch with the leadership of the outfit and to instruct them not to repeat such act in the future.

Disclosing this to The Sangai Express a reliable source said that in the evening of February 17, the day the bludgeoned bodies of the SDO and his two subordinates were found near Taphou Kuki village in Senapati district, the Chief Minister convened a high level meeting at his office chamber.

Late Dr Kishan

The Chief Secretary, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), DGP, GOC of 57 Mountain Division, IGAR (South) were among the officials present at the meeting, said the source. The missive was sent to the Union Home Minister after the meeting, informed the source further.

In the missive, the Chief Minister categorically urged the Union Home Minister to instruct the leaders of the NSCN (IM) that the Government will not tolerate the cadres of the outfit moving openly with arms as well as not to repeat such heinous crime, added the source.

The State Government has been providing inputs to the Union Home Ministry daily since then.

On the other hand to trace and rescue the other three abducted men, security forces have been co-ordinating with each other, said the source.

The wife of the slain SDO had yesterday informed some sections of the media that a number of district officials of Ukhrul district had informed her that her husband was in the custody of the NSCN (IM) .

Courtesy: The Sangai Express

The NSCN (IM) had on the other hand condemned the killing of the SDO and his subordinates and even claimed that it would investigate the case and crack it.

Newmai News Network reports that the NSCN-IM while appreciating the statement of the Revolutionary Peoples' Front (RPF), has said that vital clues have come from the testimony of Dr Th Kishan's wife Romita which will serve as an important tool in the investigation conducted by the outfit into the brutal murder of the late Kasom Khullen SDO and his two subordinate staff.

Informing Newmai News Network tonight the outfit's Ministry of Information and Publicity (MIP) pledged to book the culprits, and added that the NSCN-IM shares the view of the RPF and said that there are scoundrels present among the Tangkhuls or any other tribe to play the divisive game planned by the Indian intelligence agencies such as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) .

"While the investigation conducted by the NSCN (IM) into the brutal killing of Kasom Khullen SDO Dr Th Kishan and his two staff are on, every single piece of information either through testimonials or any sources will be taken into consideration in order to go deeper to unearth everything about the murder.

Vital clue appears to be coming out from the wife of late SDO, and the credibility of the testimonials of the persons mentioned by Romita, the wife of the slain Kasom Khullen SDO will be examined from every angle.

"So far the testimonials as reported in Imphal based local newspapers are very vague," said the NSCN-IM while adding, "Nevertheless, investigation will spare no effort to refer to all these testimonials, despite lacking legal validity" .

The NSCN-IM then said that the concern shared by Revolution People's Front (RPF) on the killing of Dr Kishan is well appreciated, "and certainly scoundrels are present among the Tangkhuls or any other tribal groups to play the divisive game as desired by Indian intelligent agencies like RAW( Research and Analysis Wing) .

NSCN is moving in the right direction to root out these anti-social elements".