Arrest of Mr. Seipu malicious, managed by AR for Staged-Drama; KSO warns to file case to Human Rights Commission

The Kuki Students’ Organisation General Headquarters has countered that the arrest of Mr. Lamtinsei Singson @Seipu was a managed staged-drama by the Assam Rifles and that he is wrongly implicated to salvage the bad reputation of the Assam Rifles.

Calling out the Assam Rifles for wrongly framing an innocent individual by leveling charge against him for an offence he has not committed, the KSO-GHQ pointed out that Mr. Seipu S/o Mr. Letkhosei of Chiengkonpang, Churachandpur, was picked by the 39 Assam Rifles stationed at Tactical Headquarter Kadamtal Company, Jiribam on 14 th October 2023 for a cup of tea and later on, his Bolero vehicle was seized by the said AR. Before the seizure of his vehicle, the womenfolk in the area scanned his vehicle wherein only his personal diary, Christian’s Bible and Water Bottles were found in the vehicle.

However, in a surprising turn of events, Mr. Seipu who was summoned for a discussion over a cup of tea, was later handed over to the Police with 10 capsules of Brown sugar, alleging him of involving in an illegal drug trade. The wrongful arrest of Mr. Seipu is a staged managed drama to tarnish his image in general and the Kuki community in particular. In simple words, he has been charged maliciously. No body should be punished for an offence he/she does not commit, KSO said.

The disreputable act of the Assam Rifles in implicating an innocent individual by leveling charge against him for an offence he did not commit is highly condemnable. The AR seems to have acted to propitiate the majority Meitei by wrongly implicating an innocent Kuki to salvage their bad reputation, KSO-GHQ alleged.

The Kuki students' body urged that the Company Commander of the said AR Post should stop acting at the behest of the state government and the Meitei CSOs for fulfilling their unfounded claims to brand the Kuki-Zo people as a Narco-Terrorists.

The Commander of the 39 AR and the Superintendent of Police of Jiribam Police should execute strict investigation against the Commander of Kadamtal Company as to how drugs was used against the innocent individual for establishing false accusation. The Commander of the said Company should be booked under relevant NDPS Act, failing which the KSO-GHQ will be compelled to file a case to the Human Rights Commission, KSO warned.