Manipur Violence: CBI Files Charge Sheet Against 7 In Bishnupur Armoury Loot Case

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in the Bishnupur police armoury loot case during the ethnic strife in Manipur last year.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in the matter of armoury loot from the Bishnupur police armoury during the ethnic clashes in Manipur last year, officials have told news agency PTI.

The agency recently filed the charge sheet in the court of chief judicial magistrate in Kamrup (Metro) in Assam's Guwahati.

The accused named in the charge sheet are Laishram Prem Singh, Khumukcham Dhiren alias Thapkpa, Moirangthem Anand Singh, Athokpam Kajit alias Kishorjit, Loukrakpam Michael Mangangcha alias Michael, Konthoujam Romojit Meitei alias Romojit, and Keisham Johnson alias Johnson, PTI reported.

Last year on August 3, a mob looted over 300 weapons, 19,800 rounds of ammunition and other accessories from two rooms of the 2nd Indian Reserve Battalion headquarters at Naranseina in Bishnupur.

The CBI registered the case on 24.08.2023 and took over the investigation on 03.08.2023 after an FIR was registered at the Moirang police station after notifications issued by the Manipur government and subsequently by the Centre under the DSPE Act, 1946.