Manipur Government Assures Job & House To Man Wrongly Held In Rape And Murder Case
The Manipur government has assured job to a man who was released after being acquitted by a court in 2013 rape and murder case of a research fellow.
The Manipur government has assured job to a man who was released after being acquitted by a court in 2013 rape and murder case of a research fellow.
"He will be given a government job. I got to know that in spite of being innocent he was jailed for eight years and his house was burnt down by a mob," Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh assured.
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On Monday, the Chief Minister met Thoudam Jibal Singh who was released after being acquitted by the Sessions Court.
Wrongly confined for 8 years
He was wrongly confined for eight years in Sajiwa Central Jail on the charge of rape and murder of one N Satyabhama, a Junior Research Fellow of Pathology department, RIMS who was found murdered (with bruise marks on her neck and body) in a canal at Wangkhei Loumanbi Loukol, under Irilbung police station on April 5, 2013, a couple of days after she left her Kakwa residence.
#Manipur Manipur CM has assured job to a man who was released after being acquitted by a Manipur court in 2013 rape& murder case of a research fellow
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"He'll be given a govt job. I got to know that in spite of being innocent he was jailed for 8yrs," said @NBirenSingh pic.twitter.com/CnmGDgVZ12
Chief Minister assured justice to Jibal and his family and promised to construct a house for him and provide a government job at the Forest Department, where his father had served as a forest guard.
The Session Judge Imphal East M. Manoj Kumar acquitted Jibal, from the charges levelled against him and directed to release him from jail in the infamous rape and murder of Ningombam Seityabhama Devi in 2013.
