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Manipur High Court forms panel to search for missing man

December 4, 2024

Guwahati: The Manipur High Court has constituted a committee to conduct a probe in connection with the disappearance of Laishram Kamal Babu, a Meitei man, who has been missing since November 25.

A two-judge bench of the Manipur HC, comprising Justices D Krishnakumar and Golmei Gaiphulshillu, heard the petition filed by the brother of the missing man on Tuesday.

The HC directed the committee to probe whether the man had been kidnapped in the Army camp or fled on his own and asked the report to be filed on December 11. The petitioner has claimed that his brother was kidnapped by Kuki militants from the high-security zone of Leimakhong Army campus.

Babu, a resident of Cachar district in southern Assam and staying at Loitang Khunou village in Imphal West, left his residence on November 25 to go to the Leimakhong military station where he works but did not report to the Army station in Kangpokpi.

Singh’s mobile phone has also been switched off since he left home. He has been working as a works supervisor for a contractor working with Military Engineering Services at the Leimakhong Military Station.