IMPHAL, Oct 2 NNN: In yet another mysterious story of a Manipuri found dead outside the state, a man who worked as a teacher in a private school at Chattisgarh was found dead in Howrah Railway Station, West Bengal.
He is identified as Amom Rajen Singh (46) h/o Amom (Ongbi) Bina Devi of Terakhong Makha Leikai under Kumbi Police Station of Bishnupur district.
Addressing media persons about the incident at Manipur Press Club here today, A. Jiten, brother-in-law of A. Rajen stated that A. Rajen had worked as a teacher in Paradise School, a private school located at Kankar district in Chattisgarh. He added that Rajen had left for the work place on September 23 accompanying his daughter Carolina after he visited his home at the time of exodus of north-east.
Narrating the story, he said, ” Rajen and his daughter reached Howrah Railway Station on Septeember 25 after they boarded a train from Dimapur on September 24. At the station he went to book tickets from the counter leaving his daughter in a place and after this he did not turn up. When a Manipuri found his daughter crying nearby the area, she was handed over to a nearby BSF camp “.
Family member of the deceased went to the spot to pick-up Rajen’s daughter after the BSF authority contacted the state’s police about the case. When the family members complaint to the nearest police station about the case, the search for whereabouts of Rajen started. During the search, his dead body was found in an area 10 metre near Cossipara Police Station, about 10 kms away from Howrah Railway Station.
According to Jiten, on September 25 Rajen had made a phone call to A. Romeo, his brother-in-law serving as an Indian Army in Madhya Pradesh informing that he had been threatened by some persons along with people dressed in police uniform in the station.
Suspecting the death as a cold blooded murder, the family members said that a joint action committee will be formed regarding the case and urged the state government to intervene into the matter. It also appealed to the various civil organisations of the state to extend supports to the case and informed that intense agitations will be taken up if the government fails to address the grievances of the family.
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