‘Police fund raised from voluntary contributions’

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL |Aug 29

A top ranked Manipur Police officer while agreeing that the police department was indeed mobilising fund to meet the legal expenses to fight the CBI cases against many of its personnel for alleged fake encounters they were involved in, clarified there was no question of the department levying “taxes” through its ranks or forcing them to pay.

The officer said on phone that the fund was being raised through voluntary contributions by willing police personnel to aid their colleagues.

The telephonic rebuttal of the news about the fund raising drive of the police carried by the IFP, requested the media to be more discerning so that no harm to reputation or the morale of the police force is caused unfairly.

It may be recalled that a Supreme Court ruling last month had directed the CBI to investigate 98 of the 1528 cases of fake encounter against which an organization called Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association, EEVFAM, moved the SC. Manipur based human rights watch group, Human Rights Alert, took up the SC case on behalf of the EEVFAM.

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL |Aug 29

A top ranked Manipur Police officer while agreeing that the police department was indeed mobilising fund to meet the legal expenses to fight the CBI cases against many of its personnel for alleged fake encounters they were involved in, clarified there was no question of the department levying “taxes” through its ranks or forcing them to pay.

The officer said on phone that the fund was being raised through voluntary contributions by willing police personnel to aid their colleagues.

The telephonic rebuttal of the news about the fund raising drive of the police carried by the IFP, requested the media to be more discerning so that no harm to reputation or the morale of the police force is caused unfairly.

It may be recalled that a Supreme Court ruling last month had directed the CBI to investigate 98 of the 1528 cases of fake encounter against which an organization called Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association, EEVFAM, moved the SC. Manipur based human rights watch group, Human Rights Alert, took up the SC case on behalf of the EEVFAM.

Read more / Original news source: http://www.ifp.co.in/item/3239-police-fund-raised-from-voluntary-contributions