Speaker's guards murderously assault police Sub-Inspector

Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, May 11 2015 : A Sub-Inspector of Manipur Police was seriously injured when an escort party of Manipur Legislative Assembly Speaker Th Lokeswar attacked him last night in front of Kangla Fort here.



The Sub-Inspector has been identified as Amitabh Arambam (35), resident of Sagolband Amudon Akham Leikai in Imphal West.



His father was one of the senior police officers in Manipur.



The incident happened around 10:15 pm.



He is undergoing medical treatment at Shija Hospital following the brutal attack.



The security personnel escorting the Speaker reportedly butted him and then beat him with batons following a traffic rage.









The victim at Hospital

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Amitabh was travelling in his vehicle along his wife and children when the incident occurred."The speeding convoy of the Speaker numbering five thundered sirens and so I stopped on the roadside to give way.I was then hurled invectives by some personnel of the escort party.Then I asked them if there was any war like situation," Amitabh told reporters at Shija Hospital.He said two Maruti Gypsy vehicles carrying the armed guards then slammed on his vehicle.His jeep was dented and the spare tyre dismantled under the impact of the deliberate bumpings.He was yanked out of the vehicle and beaten up seriously.The mafia like attack took place in presence of the Speaker who watched the spine chilling excesses by the personnel on a fellow police officer silently.A group of police personnel who were on duty near the spot tried to intervene, but the escort party threatened them, he said.Amitabh said a written complaint has been lodged with the City Police in connection with the incident.