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IMPHAL, August 7: A mother of a victim who had killed in a fake encounter years back by security forces in Manipur today condemned the state Principal Secretary for submitting a wrong affidavit to the Supreme Court stating that his son was a married man and that he was a father to several children.State Principal Secretary submitted the affidavit to the apex court in connection with the six extrajudicial killing cases being probed by a Supreme Court appointed Commission. The Principal Secretary mentioned in the affidavit that Khumbongmayum Orsonjit was a married man and that he had children.A team of Extrajudicial Execution Victims’ Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) went to New Delhi to attend the hearing of the case which was scheduled on August 6. The team briefed reporters on their visit to the national capital at the office of Human Rights Alert (HRA) here.Kh Lata, the mother of Orsonjit said that the state Government has committed a gross error by providing wrong information that her son had wife and children.She condemned the act of the Principal Secretary in the strongest terms saying that he son was a 19-year-old single.HRA executive director Baballu Loitongbam, who was also present at the press briefing, said the next hearing of the six extrajudicial killings scheduled on August 6 was postponed to September 17.It was to be heard by a double-bench of Justices AK Patnaik and Khera.The Supreme Court has sent a reminder to Manipur Government to submit the report of the state independent commission seperately probing 27 extrajudicial execution cases by September 10 this year, Baballu informed.Baballu also condemned the state Government for submitting the wrong affidavit on Orsonjit fake encounter case to the apex court and said that it shows the lack of proper investigation by the state CID.EEVFAM after joining hands with HRA in October 2012 had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the apex court in relation to 1,528 cases of extrajudicial killings that took place from 1979 to 2012 in Manipur.The Supreme Court, in response to the PIL, had ordered an investigation by an independent panel into the six cases listed in the first compilation of the total 1528 cases.
The three-member independent panel appointed by Supreme Court consists of retired Judge of the apex court Santosh Hedge, former Chief Election Commissioner JM Lyngdoh and former Karnataka police Chief Ajay Kumar Singh. Seven victims named in the six cases of the alleged extrajudicial execution are Azad Khan of Mayang Imphal Phougakchao Makha Leikai, Elangbam Kiranjit of Thoubal Haokha Mamang Leikai, Nameirakpam Nobo from Bashikhong, Nameirakpam Govind, also from Bashikhong, Akoijam Priyobarta of Mongshangei, Chongtham Umakanta of Iroishemba and Khumbongmayum Orsonjit from Keishampat Jailer Leirak.
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