The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has submitted two sealed reports to the Manipur High Court on the progress it has made in the Jiribam case in which six women and children of the Meitei community were abducted and later found dead in the Barak River in November last year. Taking it on record, the court told the probe agency to submit a detailed report in terms of the chargesheet within one month.
This comes after a Bench of Chief Justice K. Somashekar and Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh had, earlier this month, said that it had been a considerable time since the incident and yet no chargesheet had been filed in the case. It had then directed the NIA to submit a detailed report on the investigation before it.
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In the hearing on July 24, the NIA submitted the detailed progress reports related to the case in two sealed covers, the High Court’s order said. It added that considering the “peculiar facts and circumstances” of the case and submissions made by the NIA and the State’s Advocate General, the reports will remain in the custody of the Registrar for “safe custody” until further orders.
