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SC notice to Centre, Manipur in road rage case involving CM Biren Singh's son

The Supreme Court today came to the rescue of the parents of a youth who was killed in a road rage case in 2011 by the son of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. <br/><br/>The court sought the responses of the Centre and the state on their plea alleging that they feared for their lives.<br/><br/>A vacation bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha issued notices to the Union Home Secretary and the Manipur Chief Secretary to respond by 29th May on the plea by Irom Chitra Devi, mother of Irom Roger who was killed.<br/><br/>The bench did not issue notice to the Chief Minister and others in the case as sought.<br/><br/>Ajay Meetai, son of the Chief Minister, has been awarded a five-year jail term under section 304 of the IPC for firing at Roger in a road rage incident on 20 March 2011, and killing him.

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