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Imphal: Amid the protests demanding justice, women vendors of Khwairamband women market have petitioned the National Commission for Women (NCW) to take up a case and initiate an investigation into the alleged murder of 17-year-old girl Hijam Linthoingambi after being kidnapped by armed miscreants.
Recently surfaced photos on the internet show Hijam Linthoingambi, who went missing after she went out with a 20-year-old boy Phijam Hemanjit, was murdered by armed miscreants.
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The photos sparked widespread protests in Imphal and other valley districts of Manipur. They demanded justice for the two students presumed killed by booking the culprits.
The CBI investigating into the case had recently arrested four persons including two women as suspects.
Joining the chorus demanding justice for the two teenage students, Lukmai Sellup Foundation, a body of women vendors of Khwairamband Women Market lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Women, said Asem Nirmala Devi, general secretary of the body, at a press conference held at Manipur Press Club in Imphal today.
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The complaint was lodged under the section 10 of the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 against inordinate delay and ineffective investigation into the case of deprivation of right of a minor girl, she said.
The general secretary of the body expressed that the girl was suspected to have been killed after being tortured while asserting that the women section of the society must condemn atrocities and brutalities toward the girl at the strongest term.
She expressed disappointment when the National Commission for Women and Manipur State Commission for Women did nothing to investigate the case when the commission was not delayed in investigating the case of viral video of two Kuki women paraded naked by a mob.
“The commission did not delay in registering a case when the video of the two women being paraded naked went viral on social media. However, the commission remained silent till date when the photos of the murder of the girl surfaced on social media platforms”, she lamented.
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She demanded that the National Commission for Women and the Manipur State Commission for Women take initiatives by initiating an effective investigation and show that the commissions stand for justice for the women.
She further urged the commissions not to be biased while dealing with crime against women. Other leaders and members of the Lukmai Sellup Foundation also attended the press conference.
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The Lukmai Sellup Foundation lodged the complaint at a time various organisations particularly women’s bodies and students’ bodies were continuing their protest demanding justice for the two missing teenage students.
A candlelight vigil held at Changangei in Imphal West on Friday night pressed that the government must ensure transparency and give stringent punishment to all culprits of the “murder case”.
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