March 12 NNN: The seven accused, including Defence PRO Col. Ajay Chowdhury in the Pallel drug haul case were produced before the Special Court of NDPS here and the court remanded them to 11 days judicial custody judicial on Tuesday. They appeared in the court with tight security arrangement after completion of five days police custody remand. Around 60 volunteers of Working Groups of Meira Paibi Movement, Manipur stormed the court and shouted slogans against the drug smugglers. They demanded that they be given life imprisonment and also to hand over the accused to them. The women protesters also demanded Manipur Government to make public the real identities of the individuals involved in the recent seizure of huge quantity of illicit drugs at Imphal Airport and Mantripukhri oil pump. After the hearing was closed, the women protesters tried to drag down the accused from the police vehicle outside the court. However, the police managed to control the crowd. Three separate FIRs have been filed at the Kakching Police Station regarding the Pallel drug seizure against the seven accused. As per the investigation report on the case submitted by the Investigation Officer to the court, Col Ajay Chowdhury, the Defence PRO of Manipur Army, Ngairangbam Brojendro and Lunkhohao Haokip alias Haopu Haokip had been successfully transported huge quantity of illicit drugs from M-Sector, Imphal to Moreh in the first week of December 2012 by using the official Gypsy allotted to Col Chowdhury and a Bolero jeep bearing number AS 01BX-8699. The IO then sought 15 days judicial custody remand of the accused for further investigation into the case. Roland Keishing, Judge, Special Court of NDPS decided to send them to judicial custody for 11 days and fixed March 22 as the next hearing date of the case.
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