11 CRPF jawans interrogated

BISHNUPUR, July 28: Eleven personnel of the 112 Bn CRPF who are allegedly involved in the July 19 Lamdan CRPF atrocities have given their statements at the Bishnupur police station today. The 11 CRPF jawans were brought to the Bishnupur police station by the 112 Bn CO Hem Raj. Their statements were recorded inside the office of the Bishnupur SP K Radheshyam. The CO had wanted it to be done at the CRPF camp at Loktak Project. SP Radheshyam, Additional SP and other officers of the Bishnupur and Moirang police stations were present during the interrogation. The CRPF personnel were later taken back to their camp by their CO. After the procedure, SP went to Imphal to submit the statement records to the IGP (Law and Order), A Romenkumar, sources here said. The CRPF CO Hem Raj reiterated their denial of rape charges. Meanwhile, reports said that personnel of the 112 Bn CRPF are hot on the heels of Lambouchung who is said to be a country brew seller. According to a group of lawyers who visited the village today, the jawans were repeatedly enquiring about the whereabouts of Lambouchung. Even his family and the villagers could not ascertain his whereabouts, they said. The villagers reportedly told the lawyers that the 112 Bn company commander Devasish Biswas asked Lambouchung to tell the Bn CO that he (D Biswas) was not among the personnel who entered the house of the village chief on July 19 when the alleged incidents took place.