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Imphal, May 20 : Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi Singh today said a neutral body like the CBI should investigate into the killings of Richard Loitam and Okram Laaba.O. Ibobi said the Karnataka government has not intimated about the matter . A police team which went to Bangalore also came back.
O Laaba was also found dead on July 23, 2011, inside his hostel room (No 111) at Padur (Kellambakam) of Tamil Nadu. Laaba a BCA student at Hindustan College of Arts & Science in Chennai was found murdered in his hostel room and the post mortem report an unnatural death and the student’s face was found wrapped in a bag indicating he was suffocated to death and there was signs of forced entry in his hostel room. Repeated requests to the Tamil Nadu police to enquire into the matter has not yielded any result . Richard Loitam was found dead in his hostel room on 18th of this month . He was a student of B. Arch (1st year) at Acharya College, Bengaluru. Karnataka police has been giving different versions of the death though the moral remains of the deceased showed signs of torture and assault on his head. First Karanataka police said he died due to drug problem which was found untrue. Later Karnataka police said the student died due to heart failure which again was denied by parents and medical history of the student. Both the parents of Richard are doctors and they produced medical records of their son who was medically fit and a good football player.
Meanwhile the campaign for “Justice for Richard” in face book has reached 210507 members.
A student said he was afraid to go back to his hostel.
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