The Supreme Court said on Monday that cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur by the Army, Assam Rifles and state police involved the issue of "life and death" of people and asked the CBI's SIT to expeditiously complete its investigations in these matter.
A bench comprising Justices Madan B lokur and U U lalit was informed by CBI director Alok Kumar Verma, who was present in the court in pursuance to its direction, that two charge sheets were filed today before the competent court in the encounter cases and five more final reports would be filed by August 31.
Verma said that 14 persons have been chargesheeted in two cases for the alleged offences of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence under the provisions of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The CBI director was earlier summoned by the apex court which was unhappy over the "unduly long time" taken by the special investigating team (SIT) in probing the cases of alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters in Manipur.
