By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Feb 13 : The proscribed UNLF has claimed responsibility for killing MPA’s 2nd Lt Salam Mangal alias Biren s/o S Chandumba of Keibul Lamjao Mayai Leikai and Heikrujam Mono s/o H Chinguba of Arong Heibong Makhong.
While Mangal was eliminated on February 11, Mono was shot dead yesterday.
A statement issued by the UNLF’s Senior Publicity Officer Ksh Yoiheiba accused Mangal of violating the party’s principle and indulging in immoral activities.
Following an injury in his hand, Mangal was posted in valley areas to undergo treatment. But then he started engaging in contract/supply works in association with some individuals. Even as the party authority cautioned him repeatedly to stay away from his activities which was against the party policy and lack approval of the authority, Mangal continued with his activities using a fictitious name.
Subsequently, a team of CSF was sent after him to pull him up. But in the meantime, Mangal was appre- hended by the State Police Commandos.
Later, Mangal was set free and he was sent outside the State to undergo treatment of his injured hand. But when he was called back to his unit after treatment of his injury, he paid no heed to the party’s call. Rather, he started indulging in various immoral activities, charged the outfit.
Under such circumstances, Mangal was allowed to retire from the MPA.
But Mangal, staying at Khordak and Arong Nongmaikhong area, defied all instructions and warnings of the party. He continued with his wayward and immoral activities.
On February 4 this year, Mangal with another cohort belonging to another organisation asked two youths to call two women from Moirang area. The duo and the women stayed the night together carousing throughout the night.
On the same day, a girl from Yumnam Huidrom who had physical relations with Mangal was staying at Khordak after she was called there.
While staying the night in a house at Khordak, the girl was called out by Heikrujam Mono and another Chaningkhomba alias Samsangba (26) s/o H Iboyaima of Khordak Makha Leikai. Then the two raped her at gun point, asserted Yoiheiba.
Instead of rescuing his victimised girl friend, Mangal took Rs 25, 000 from Mono and let the culprit go scot free.
But two days later, the party came to know about the incident and it promptly launched an investigation. Both the girl and accused Mono were pulled up and interrogated
during which all the facts and circumstances of the incident were revealed. In the course of the investigation, a pistol belonging to the KCP used in the crime was also seized. However, the other accused Samsangba is still at large.
Just as the interrogation of the victim girl and Mono was continuing, Mangal took away the girl from the hands of the party cadres. However, the party cadres went after Mangal and managed to pull up Mangal on the next day.
On questioning Mangal, it was discovered that many girls have fallen prey to his pervert behaviour. Sensing possibility of more such immoral activities against other women of the land from 2nd Lt Mangal, he was awarded capital punishment on February 11, informed Yoiheiba.
For his inexpiable crime of using a revolutionary weapon to rape an girl, Mono was also awarded dead penalty yesterday, he added. Subsequent upon eliminating of Mangal and Mono, the former’s elder brother Salam Puranthaba alias Jadumani who was also an MPA cadre (no 1880) had gone to State Police commando with a pistol he took from another MPA cadre deceitfully today.
Puranthaba defected to the MPA from another outfit with a weapon in May 2004. While the weapon was returned to his parent outfit, Puranthaba was made to retire at home. On his insistence that he could not stay home, Puranthaba was imparted training in June 2004 after which he became an MPA cadre. After working as an MPA cadre for about two years, he started misbehaving following which he was made to retire from MPA. But again, he pleaded to work for the party saying that he could not stay home as he was being hunted by security forces.
In the meantime, Puranthaba was intimated in detail that the criminal activities of his younger brother Mangal could not be condoned. Moreover, he was also asked to stay home properly. But then he requested the party not to claim responsibility for killing his younger brother in case Ma-ngal had to be eliminated after all. As the party was consi- dering his request, Puranthaba fled away from the party with a pistol and has sought refuge with the commandos.
While declaring that Puranthaba will be awarded capital punishment in accordance to the principle of the UNLF, Yoiheiba asserted that his family should pay for the weapon Puranthaba took from the outfit.
In case the State police commandos commit the blunder of using Puranthaba against the liberation struggle, it will result in serious repercussions, cautioned the outfit.
Stating that Puranthaba is also an indiscipline and mentally unbalanced person just like his slain brother, the outfit further warned that for any eventuality which may befall upon those using/associating with Puranthaba in the course of the party’s attempt to punish the deserter, the UNLF will not bear any responsibility.
