Imphal, May 05 2009: There was no in action on the part of the law enforcing agencies in the aftermath of the abduction and the gruesome and brutal killing of three government employees allegedly by the NSCN(IM), stated status progress report of the Ukhrul district police submitted to the court today.

Police investigation report also stated that police has established well on the involvement of IM cadres in the case but involvement of the suspended Ukhrul DC, Pankaj Kumar Pal is yet not established.

The status progress report of the police investigation into the murder of the SDO, Kasom Khullen, Dr Kishan and his two sub-ordinate staffs, driver Rajen and Mandal was submitted to the division bench of the Guhawati High Court, Imphal Bench comprising Justice Maibam Binoykumar and Justice AC Uphadyay today.

During the hearing which was held after the same court directed the state police and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) handling the case in one of the hearing held last month.

CBI is yet to submit its latest progress status of the investigation.

The court has given three week time to the Central investigative agency to submit the same.

The Ukhrul police where the three government employees were reportedly abducted before murder register a regular FIR case (no.8(2)09 Ukhrul PS under section 365/368/34/120-B/212 IPC 19/20 UA(P) A Act and 25 (1-C) A) was registered on receipt of the information of missing of the three.

During the course of investigation into the case taken up as sou motto case eight persons including five co-accused persons were arrested apart from seizure of two vehicles involved in the case.

Four of the eight have been remanded in the judicial custody.

The official vehicle allotted to the SDO, went missing, has also been retrieved and as many 28 persons have been examined and their statements have also been recorded under section 161 CRPC.

"From the statement of the witnesses the involvement of NSCN (IM) cadres is the case is well established," a source quoting the police investigation report disclosed adding thar hectic efforts have been made by the investigating officer (IO) of the case to arrest the main culprits by conducting raids at various places.

It also mentioned that there was no action on the part of the law enforcing agencies in the aftermath of the abduction and the "gruesome and brutal killing" of the three innocent civilians by NSCN(IM). Even though, IO made effort to examine the DC, Ukhrul Pankaj Kumar Pal but he was not found at the moment.

But his involvement in the case relating to abduction and killing of the Dr Thingnam Kishan, SDO Kasom Khullen and his two subordinate staff is yet not established.

No formal complaint was lodged from any side with regard to the abduction of the SDO-Kasom Khullen and his staff but it has been established that they were abducted from Naga Gate, Hundung and not from the premise of the DC-Ukhrul DC office.

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