RK Meghen

Meghen is the second son of RK Madhuyarajit Singh & Laitonjam Ningol Hemabati, and the great grandson of Prince Tikhendrajit (however there is no significant evidence to proof the claim as Prince Tikendrajit died as a bachelor), the military commander for Manipur Kingdom in the Anglo Manipuri War.[4][5] He graduated from St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College in Kolkata and went on to receive his master's from Jadavpur University in International Relations.[5][6]

Meghen has two sons; Chingkhei and Chinglen. The elder son Chingkhei works at Manipur University while second son Chinglen is unemployed, once work as distributor of Airtel owning a company name M/S Landmark in Thangmeiband but dissolved the company after he was accused to killing a journalist and his name came on charge-sheet of CBI.[7]

RK Meghen reportedly joined UNLF in 1964, ( A doubtful comment because at age of 20 years if he join UNLF then when did he complete his Master's degree)[8] In 1975, he left Manipur and trekked to a militant camp in Myanmar’s Somra Tract led by Thuingaleng Muivah and S. S. Khaplang; his younger son was six days old.[9][4] He became chairman of UNLF in 1998.

In 2010, he was arrested at Bangladesh and soon, handed over to India.[10][11][12] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged him along with 18 other leaders for waging a war on India and raising funds by extorting the state government and private bodies.[11] In June 2016, the NIA Court pronounced a guilty verdict on 11 sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; Meghen was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[13] He declined to appeal for leniency and rejected that Indian Courts had any sovereign rights to litigate him.[13]

In November 2019, his sentence was commuted by about 10 months owing to his contributions to the jail like setting up a library , a music school for jail inmates and construction of a garden inside the Guwahati Central Jail[14] and he was released from jail — in what was widely perceived to be a governmental strategy during the Naga Peace talks.[6][15] However, he was disallowed by the National Investigation Agency to immediately return to Manipur and instead transported to a safe house in Guwahati followed by Delhi.[11][16] On November 28, he was finally allowed to leave for Imphal.[16] Meghen has since spent a quite life, away from media attention.[16]