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8/14/2019 Security Forces Acting as 'Mercenary Killers' in Manipur
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An Indian Reserve Battalion Personnel lobs a grenade causing serious injuries to 5civilians. The grenade is of the type that are usually used by Armed OppositionGroups. The law-enforcement personnel has been arrested. Police says, militantsmay hav...e infiltrated the security forces. Human Rights Defenders say, securityforces acting as 'mercenaries'.
The Telegraph reports,
Grenade blast near hospital- Five hurt in Manipur, IRB jawan heldOUR CORRESPONDENTImphal, Aug. 21: A grenade blast in front of a hospital at Thangal Bazar here thismorning left five persons wounded, two of them seriously.Police have arrested a rifleman, T. Munal, from the IRB’s 2nd battalion onsuspicion of having thrown the grenade and are investigating whether he has anylinks with the Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council).The grenade exploded about 20 feet from the main entrance of Chamber Hospital,Medical Care and Research Centre, along the approach road around 6.30am. The siteis about 200 metres from Imphal City police station and 150 metres from theAssembly.“Not many people were present at that time. I saw something rolling on the road
and suddenly it exploded in front of our medicine store,” a salesman of the store,Rajen Singh, said.He was lucky. Eight-year-old Yashika Jain was not. The girl, who lives on thefirst floor of the building next to the hospital, was coming down to buy medicinesfor her fever when the grenade exploded near her feet. Splinters hit her rightankle and belly. Doctors said the splinters would have to be surgically removed.Md Leihaluddin, 18, was just stepping out of the hospital to get medicines for hismother, Fatima, who had undergone a surgery, when the blast occurred. A splinteris lodged in his lungs. He was referred to Shija Hospital for immediate operation.Doctors said the condition of both Yashika and Leihaluddin was serious. Threeothers, relatives of patients and passersby, were discharged after first aid.The blast damaged the exteriors of nearby shops.Confirming the arrest of the IRB jawan, senior superintendent of police L. Kailun
said, “We are investigating and interrogating him to know more details.” Thepolice are probing whether the jawan is a member of the KPC (MC) or whether he wasengaged by the outfit for a fee.The police suspect the KCP (MC)’s involvement in the blast because the outfit hadearlier owned up to leaving a pinless Chinese hand grenade at the entrance of thehospital on August 15 morning. They said a Chinese grenade was also used intoday’s blast.The outfit had said in a statement the next day that the grenade was a warning tothe hospital for not complying with its rules and regulations.A functionary of the hospital’s managing committee today said, “We did not receiveany threat or demand from any group. No one contacted us. We cannot say whetherour hospital is the target as there were several medicine stores near the gate ofthe hospital.”
The police believe the motive for today’s blast could be extortion.The recovery of a grenade last Saturday and today’s explosion have terrifieddoctors, nurses and patients at the hospital. The staff and doctors staged a sit-in in front of the hospital this afternoon in protest against the attack.Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090822/jsp/frontpage/story_11394515.jsp