IMPHAL, July 6 MNS NNN: A 20-year-old man, who was seriously wounded in a police firing during a commotion that occurred in front of Churachandpur District Police Station on June 30 in the aftermath of the Khuga Dam sex tape video, died here in a private hospital after undergoing treatment for five days.
Lunmisiam Guite, hailed from Jenhang locality under Lamka in Churachandpur district, had been treating in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Shija Hospitals and Research Institute here since he got bullet injuries in the incident that happened when angry local residents tried to storm the district police station in protest against four India Reserved Battalion (IRB) personnel who allegedly captured the sex video clip.
The security personnel reportedly captured the video when a couple was in the act inside a restricted place in Khuga Dam complex in the district a few weeks back.
Meanwhile, Health minister Phungzathang Tonsing visited the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) mortuary to condole the death of Guite on Saturday.
Guite’s body was sent to the RIMS mortuary for autopsy.
Tonsing talking to reporters outside the mortuary said the Government will do everything related to the death and that all the police personnel involved in the firing, which has claimed Guite’s life, will be brought to justice.
Both the Chief Minister and Home Minister will be consulted on the matter, Tonsing assured.
Home Minister Gaikhangam had recently said a case had already been registered with the Churachandpur District Police Station against the four IRB personnel in connection with the incident after being placing them under suspension before taking them into custody.
It had been reported in certain media here that the sex tape video got posted on the internet and went viral.
After the video was found uploaded on the social networking sites, angry local residents of Churachandpur town tried to storm and torch the district police station on June 30. But the police defused the situation by using live rounds and heavy tear gas shells to quell the protesters, wounding one person critically.
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