Court directs police to submit case report on deceased Sananingthou

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Jan 8

The district and session judge, Imphal West, M. Manojkumar today directed officer in charge of Women Police station, Imphal West to submit report of the case taken up against late Sananingthou.

The deceased, Laiphrakpam Sananingthou Singh alias Pari, 35, son of L. Inaobi Singh of Lamdeng Makha Leikai was shot dead by UNLF on January 4.

The direction for submission of report was given receiving a case record of deceased Sananingthou who was allegedly charged of attempted outraging the modesty of a 27 years old housewife on April, 26, 2015 at Lamdeng Awang Leikai, from the file of chief judicial magistrate, Imphal West.

In the meantime, cognizance was taken for the offence against Sananingthou under section 447/354/376/511 IPC and Arms. Act by the court on perusal of the record and the same court has registered matter as session trial case No. 2 of 2018.

Sananingthou was arrested by the Lamsang police on April 27, 2015 following an official complaint lodged by the husband of the raped victim.

The complaint stated that in the evening of April 26, 2015 Sananingthou entered into the quarter of the school at Lamdeng Awang Leikai where he was working as chawkidar by breaking the school fencing and shutting his wife mouth, then Sananingthou pulled his wife outside the school campus and raped her.

He was detained in both police and judicial custody for crime he had committed on the said housewife and later on he was released on bail by the court on October 26, 2015 and stayed at his house by running a bamboo business.

Later on January 4 he was shot dead by armed persons at Zoo road, Iroisemba area while he was driving his vehicle towards Lamdeng.

United National Liberation Front (UNLF) claimed responsible for the incident the same day.