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Charge sheet in Tayeb Ali case

IMPHAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)on Saturday filed charge sheet against five personnel of 17 Assam Rifles and the Assistant commandant of 2 IRB (India Reserve Battalion) for the abduction and murder of Tayeb Ali and destroying relevant evidence on July 25,1999.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal, issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Assistant Commandant. The Gauhati High Court’s Imphal Bench issued the directive and this is for the first time in Manipur that the CBI has filed the charge sheet against the armed forces.

The accused are P.S.Banafar, the then Captain, Ashish Chand, the then Captain, Babulal Pradhan, the then Havildar, Ashok Kumar Singha, the then Havildar, Laxman Singh, the then Rifleman, all of 17 Assam Rifles and Abdul Latiff, the then station house officer (SHO) of Kangpokpi police station and now Assistant Commandant, 2 IRB.

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