The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered 31st FIR related to the Manipur “fake” encounters, pursuant to the Supreme Court directive.
The fresh FIR has been registered in connection with the death of Elangbam Kiranjit Singh on April 24, 2009. Justice Santosh Hedge Commission had submitted a report on March 30, 2013, had given its opinion on the death.
“Justice Santosh Hegde Commission opined in their report…that even if the case put forward by the complainant (father of the deceased) cannot be accepted, case put forth by the security forces cannot also be accepted because they exceeded their right of private defence. Therefore, the Commission was of the opinion that the incident in question cannot be justified on the ground of self-defence,” said the FIR.
Accordingly, the CBI has registered the FIR under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code. The agency has so far filed three charge sheets in the Manipur "fake" encounter cases.
