Nagalang: ENSF holds peaceful protest against custodial death

The ENSF and the Phom Students Conference or PSC has demanded immediate constituting of a Special Investigation Team.

Following the mysterious death of 35 year old Henveih Phom from Nagaland on August 21 while in police custody of Assam’s Sivasagar district, the Eastern Naga Students Federation or ENSF held a peaceful protest on Friday in all of its seven federating unit headquarters in solidarity with the Phom brothers demand for justice.

The ENSF and the Phom Students Conference or PSC has demanded immediate constituting of a Special Investigation Team or SIT under a competent investigating officer to probe the mysterious custodial death of Henveih Phom in Assam’s Sivasagar district and ensure justice by taking stringent action against the perpetrators under relevant sections of the law.

Sham-e Phom, General Secretary Phom Students Conference speaking to Northeast Live made a fervent appeal for swift justice before it triggers the peaceful harmony between the two states of Nagaland and Assam.

The PSC has also appealed to the competent authority to understand the gravity of the incident and ensure that perpetrators of such crime are brought to justice without any delay.

The ENSF on August 25 had submitted a memorandum to the chief secretary of Nagaland expressing shock and dismay at the incident that took place on August 16..They alleged that Henveih, son of late Eshak Phom from Anaki-C village, was arrested by Assam Police from Anaki village jurisdiction in Nagaland and remanded into Sivasagar district jail in Assam.I

t has been alleged that Henveih was brutally tortured and beaten by Assam Police in broad daylight and lodged at the Sivasagar district jail. At the time of his arrest, his health condition was normal, the ENSF stated in the memorandum. However, within six days of his arrest, he died in custody on August 21 in a very suspicious manner.

The family was informed by Assam Police only after his death and when the family reached the spot to claim the body, the deceased was found lying in a corridor at Joysagar Civil Hospital in Assam, the memorandum added.

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