SHILLONG, May 9: The Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court has suggested the trial court to ensure that the trial on the case pertaining to Gaisinglung Meiringmei, against whom NIA has filed a charge sheet in an abduction case, is taken up regularly.
Meiringmei, who has been detained for nearly four years, faces charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
“The trial court should make every endeavor to ensure that the trial is taken up on a regular basis. Let this order be placed before the Chief Justice on the administrative side to ensure that the present burden of the trial court is lessened so that criminal trials may be taken up more expeditiously,” the HC said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a charge sheet against five members of the Myanmar-based terror outfit, National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), in 2018 before a special NIA court in Meghalaya in an abduction case.
The charge sheet against the five — Gaisinglung Meiringmei, Khamjang Rongmei, Dimchuingam Ruangmei, Ganthoulung Rongmei and Tanthaoliu Gonmei — was filed by the NIA Guwahati in a case relating to the abduction of an employee of Bhartia Infra Projects Limited for ransom.
Meiringmei, who was reportedly the Deputy Secretary Revenue of NSCN-K, was arrested by Meghalaya Police from a rented house at Mookyniang, Khiehtyrshi area, in West Jaintia Hills district.
Based on Meiringmei’s leads, the Meghalaya Police had also arrested the other four NSCN-K members, including Meiringmei’s wife Gonmai, from various locations and seized several lakhs of money.
