IMPHAL, May 14 NNN : Three truck drivers injured after they were reportedly beaten up by police commandos as they negotiated on an unreasonable money demand made by the commandos who were on duty in front of Patsoi Police Station last night.
Meanwhile, Manipur Drivers’ Welfare Association (MDWA), Highway Truck Owners’ Welfare Organisation and All Manipur Inter-Bus Service Association strongly condemned the erring Manipur Police commandos on Tuesday for severely beating up three truck drivers who refused to pay money to them in front of Patsoi Police Station last night.
Police commandos who were on duty stopped the three goods laden trucks in front of Patsoi Police Station in Imphal East yesterday night and asked the drivers to pay Rs 500 each and then they started thrashing them when the drivers told them to take Rs 100 each as they did not have enough money, MDWA general secretary M Tomba told mediapersons at the Press Club here.
Flanked by representatives of Highway Truck Owners’ Welfare Organisation and All Manipur Inter-Bus Service Association, Tomba said that two drivers have gone deaf after the beating.
The victim drivers were identified as Md Sultan, Joy Namoijam and Md Doulat Khan.
They were returning from Jiribam which borders Assam in the Imphal East after loading rice and cement from there.
The erring police commandos snubbed the idea of freeing them even after the beating but instead they forcibly took Rs 300 each from the victimised drivers, Tomba alleged and further said that the drivers accompanied with the handymen admitted themselves to Regional Institute of Sciences (RIMS) for treatment.
He added that the three organizations condemn this incident and demand punitive action against the erring commandos.
Tomba also informed that a memorandum has been submitted to the Home Minister urging him to take appropriate action against the commandos responsible for the beating up of the three drivers.
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