IMPHAL, Dec 30: A branch office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will be opened in the State shortly, informed a reliable source. The CBI branch office which is most likely to be located at Lamphelpat here would be headed by a Superintendent.
The branch office will also have sub-ordinate officers like Deputy Superin- tendents, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, prosecutors and the necessary staff.
The Union Government has already approved the proposed CBI branch at Imphal. The new initiative is aimed at expediting disposition of various criminal and corruption cases, disclosed the source. The CBI branch office which is planned for expansion in the next couple of months would also handle cases in Nagaland. It is also likely that the same branch office would cover Mizo-ram.
It is expected that once the CBI branch office at Imphal is materialised, the central investigating agency might take up suo moto cases with regard to killing people by security forces in alleged fake encounters which have become daily occurrence in the State, conveyed the source.
At present, the CBI is handling some sensitive cases such as the kidnapping and killing of baby Lungnila Elizabeth and the murder of Manoj Sethi who dealt in fabrics and clothes at Imphal. More recently, the case relating to the killing of the Imphal Free Press sub-editor Konsam Rishikanta was also handed over to the CBI. The Congress led SPF Govt handed over the case to CBI after a prolonged agitation by journalists of the State in November this year.
Konsam Rishikanta was found shot dead near the second home of Sangai at Langol on November 17.
Source: The Sangai Express
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The branch office will also have sub-ordinate officers like Deputy Superin- tendents, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, prosecutors and the necessary staff.
The Union Government has already approved the proposed CBI branch at Imphal. The new initiative is aimed at expediting disposition of various criminal and corruption cases, disclosed the source. The CBI branch office which is planned for expansion in the next couple of months would also handle cases in Nagaland. It is also likely that the same branch office would cover Mizo-ram.
It is expected that once the CBI branch office at Imphal is materialised, the central investigating agency might take up suo moto cases with regard to killing people by security forces in alleged fake encounters which have become daily occurrence in the State, conveyed the source.
At present, the CBI is handling some sensitive cases such as the kidnapping and killing of baby Lungnila Elizabeth and the murder of Manoj Sethi who dealt in fabrics and clothes at Imphal. More recently, the case relating to the killing of the Imphal Free Press sub-editor Konsam Rishikanta was also handed over to the CBI. The Congress led SPF Govt handed over the case to CBI after a prolonged agitation by journalists of the State in November this year.
Konsam Rishikanta was found shot dead near the second home of Sangai at Langol on November 17.
Source: The Sangai Express
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