MLA outrightly rejects charges of JAC Khomidok
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Jul 4:Rejecting all the charges levelled agai-nst him, MLA of Khurai A/C Dr Ng Bijoy has clarified that he had not given shelter even for a moment to any person involved in the killing of Mina Bibi of Khomidok and said as an elected representative of the people he would like to resolve the issue impartially.
Addressing a press conference at Manipur Press Club here today, Dr Bijoy rejected all the allegations levelled against him by the JAC formed in connection with the incident.
Instead of levelling such false and malicious charg-es, it would have been better on the part of the JAC to approach him as an elected representative of the people for resolving the issue, he observed. He said while the incident took place on May 6, he heard about it on only May 7 while returning from Delhi. Immediately, he went to the village along with the SP of Imphal East to look into the matter.
During the course of talking with the family members of Mina Bibi in conn- ection in the unfortunate incident, some of them said she was hit by an iron rod on the head while some others maintained that it was on her neck. When inquired further whether there was any scar mark or bone of her skull was broken, the family members replied in the negative. So when he further questioned on the me- dical history of the deceas-ed woman, the family mem- bers revealed that she was a BP patient to which he had simply remarked that she might have had BP stroke.
‘All that I had observed was that there should be some scar marks if she was killed with the help of iron rod or some other blunt object. But the people were very agitated that day and so I came back by saying that we may discuss the matter on some other day’, Dr Bijoy said.
While conceding to the charge that he had not come to meet the injured persons, Dr Bijoy asserted that he has been keeping contact with the Pradhan of Khomi-dok Gram Panchayat Md Nijamuddin who advised him that it would not be pro-per for him to come there owning to the prevailing tension. ‘Nonetheless, I have been waiting for the opportune time to pay a visit in consultation with the Pradhan’, he added.
Contrary to the allegation of the JAC, Dr Bijoy clarified that he had not gone to the house of the alleged accused, Md Babu whose house had been set on fire by the people nor met any of his family members after they fled.
‘But on hearing that their granary had been burnt in the fire and they have nothing to eat, as a responsible elected representative of the people I had told some of my people to send half a bag of rice to them’, Dr Bijoy said.
‘Even if I have not gone to the respective houses of those who sustained injuries in the clash, I have met those who were admitted to the hospital for treatment. Since both the parties are people of my own constituency, there is no question of favouring one group over the other’, he clarified further. While assuring every possible help from his side toward resolving the issue, Dr Bijoy appealed to the JAC to work with sincerity and keeping the interest of the people the mind.

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