1,528 killings in Manipur; Court: 81 fake encounter; CBI: 42 FIR

New Delhi, Jan 31: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI has registered 30 more FIRs in fake encounter cases in Manipur. The Supreme Court on January 16 has warned the investigating agency for not registering required number of cases when the SIT informed the court that it registered only 12 FIRs.

The Court directed SIT to lodge 30 more FIRs on or before January 31 this year.

The agency has now registered 30 more FIRs in the Manipur fake encounter case, taking the total number of cases to 42.

The top court had on July 14 last set up an SIT comprising five CBI officers, and ordered registration of FIRs and probe into the alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur.

The apex court, which is hearing a PIL seeking probe into 1,528 alleged extra-judicial killings in the north eastern state, had ordered registration of FIRs in 81 cases, but the CBI could not find enough material to register the same in large number of cases.