IMPHAL, August 1: Star witness in the sensational July 23 Khwairamband Keithel fake encounter case, Teresa Rehman of the \u201cTehelka Magazine\u201d has been granted permission to appear at a designated court of the CBI based in Guwahati instead of Imphal.<\/p>\n
The district and session Judge Manipur East had sent a summon to Teresa Rehman to physically appear before the court and give her statement on the case.<\/p>\n
Rehman had filed a report on the July 23 incident along with combo pictures for Tehelka magazine.<\/p>\n
In her response to the summon, she submitted a plea requesting permission from the concerned court to allow her to make her physical appearance and give statement in Guwahati instead of at Imphal citing security problems.<\/p>\n
Even as the district and session Judge Manipur, granted the permission the date of appearance will be fixed according to the convenience of the court.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the proceeding for recording statement and cross examination of prosecution witness (no 58) additional SP Thoubal district police S Ibomcha Singh was deferred today following a plea, seeking more time citing non completion of preparation for exhibit to be submitted before the court.<\/p>\n
In his last appearance Ibomcha had submitted a five page long statement and due to the lengthy nature of his narration and statement, the court had directed for continuation of his cross-examination today.<\/p>\n
At the time of the incident, Ibomcha was the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Imphal and the IO of the case.<\/p>\n\n