Loitam’s report ready to roll

The Madanayakanahalli police on Monday briefed a police official from Manipur about the progress of investigation into the death of Manipuri student Richard Loitam at a city college hostel.

Following widespread protests, the Manipur government had deployed superintendent of police Potsangbam Dhanakumar to assess the speed of investigation and also check whether the attack was a racist one, or whether other Manipuri students in the city too were facing similar problems.

Dhanakumar met Bangalore Rural superintendent of police D Prakash and discussed the investigations into the case. He also met forensic experts at Victoria Hospital and doctors who had conducted the postmortem.

The Manipur police official also visited the college and hostel, along with the local police. “Dhanakumar questioned many students, especially eye witnesses of the fight that took place between the deceased, Vishal Banerji and Syed Afzal Ali. He recorded their statements about the incident. He is also awaiting the pathology report,” a police officer said.

After this, he will be submitting a detailed report to Manipur Government.