Shillong, August 13: The Meghalaya Peoples’ Human Rights Council (MPHRC) has taken a strong note of the media reports concerning the alleged raid and encounter conducted by the joint police team of the East Jaintia Hills and East Khasi Hills Districts that resulted in the death of the former HNLC Leader, Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, in his house at Mawlai-Kynton Massar, Shillong in connection with the recent blasts in the state.
The MPHRC Calling for a free, fair and impartial investigation into the unfortunate incident, the job of the police is to apprehend any suspected criminals and bring them to book.
If the police contravene its boundaries and take the law in its own hands, the security of the citizens is seriously endangered. Merely because a person is perceived to be a suspect in the recent blast in the State, the Police can have no justification to deprive him of his life otherwise than that in accordance with the procedure established by law.
“While extra-judicial or “encounter” killings have been a contested and contentious police procedure for decades we see that the steps taken by the joint police team in this case is unjustified and a deliberate attempt to infringe and crush the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Guidelines” said MPHRC.
“We strongly call for a legal standard procedure for a thorough, effective and independent investigation since the right to life and equality before law are the basic human rights recognized and granted by the Constitution of India” concluded MPHRC. Said Mr Dino D.G Dympep Chairman, MPHRC.
