SC SLAMS CBI APPROACH OVER MANIPUR ENCOUNTER

The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the CBI for not complying with its directions to register FIR against the Army, police and paramilitary personnel involved in the fake encounter killings in Manipur.

A Bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Uday Lalit told the additional solicitor general Maninder Singh that they are not satisfied with the progress made by the CBI.

Justice Lokur observed “we are not satisfied with the progress made by the CBI. It appears only FIRs have been re- registered against the victims. We wanted you to speed up the investigation and speed up the process.” The ASG said “we are probing the case and would take action against the real accused.”

Justice Lokur response “Your explanation is just not satisfactory. Enough is enough. You do it immediately. You ( CBI) lodge counter FIRs immediately against the Army, police and para military forces.” When the ASG asked, “where is the complainant for registration of FIR”, the Bench shot back “We are the complainant.”

The Bench directed NHRC to depute three or four persons to assist the CBI in the 17 cases NHRC had probed.