Babloo too petitions on Herojit’s behalf

By Paojel Chaoba

IMPHAL | Jan 8

Head constable Herojit submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court stating that he has knowledge of several fake encounter cases perpetrated in the state and maintained dairies of the killings.

He also petitioned the apex court that his submission that he had killed Chungkham Sanjit on the orders of his senior officer Akoijam Jhalajit Singh in 23 July, 2009 also be accepted by the Supreme Court.

Imphal Free Press had published Thounaojam Herojit’s confession on January, 26, 2016 that he himself had shot dead Sanjit on order of his superior officer. The confession was made to the media and later an affidavit stating the same was handed over to the sessions court.

The case presently in the state judiciary is moving at a snail’s pace even after the CBI submitted its charge-sheet implicating several policemen in the fake encounter killing. At present, the case is still going on in the session’s court.

Herojit in his affidavit has maintained that he cannot foresee the end of justice from the state judiciary and hence submitted his affidavit to the Supreme Court which was accepted on January 5 last. The submission was made on his behalf by human rights activist Babloo Loitongbam.

The affidavit context was further tendered as part application of the criminal writ petition of 129 of 2012 where the Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families, Manipur (EEVFAM)  contested in the Supreme Court regarding the 1528 alleged fake encounter perpetrated in the state from 2003 till 2009.

Babloo Loitongbam in his application to the court regarding Herojit’s affidavit appealed the court that Herojit was present when a large number of persons were executed in an extra-judicial manner by the state police and he maintained dairies of the said encounters.

The writ petition states that the Supreme Court orders the CBI to produce the said dairies which were confiscated from Herojit and also to direct the sessions judge of Imphal West to record his statement under Section 164 of CrPC immediately in the interest of justice.