Five cops suspended for death of scribe
25 Dec 2012 6:20 AM IST
Five police personnel have been placed under suspension in connection with the incident in which a 29-year-old journalist was killed in police firing in Manipur.
The sources said a three-member enquiry committee headed by Principal Secretary (Home) Suresh Babu has been constituted to probe the incident and the panel would submit its report to the government for further action within a week. The police fired on Sunday to disperse supporters of a 'general strike' called to demand the arrest of a Naga militant who allegedly molested a film actress on 18 Dec. Thangjam Nanao Singh alias Dwijamanti, a journalist with Prime Time news channel who also contributed pictures to Doordarshan, was killed in the police firing while taking pictures during the strike at Thangmeiband area in Imphal West district. CM O Ibobi Singh, who met a delegation of All Manipur Working Journalists Union last evening, had given an assurance that all possible action would be taken to book the police personnel involved in the incident.
The sources said a three-member enquiry committee headed by Principal Secretary (Home) Suresh Babu has been constituted to probe the incident and the panel would submit its report to the government for further action within a week. The police fired on Sunday to disperse supporters of a 'general strike' called to demand the arrest of a Naga militant who allegedly molested a film actress on 18 Dec. Thangjam Nanao Singh alias Dwijamanti, a journalist with Prime Time news channel who also contributed pictures to Doordarshan, was killed in the police firing while taking pictures during the strike at Thangmeiband area in Imphal West district. CM O Ibobi Singh, who met a delegation of All Manipur Working Journalists Union last evening, had given an assurance that all possible action would be taken to book the police personnel involved in the incident.
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