The Indian army has claimed that he escaped from custody. After public outcry, five separate government inquiries were ordered but none has led to action. One of these inquiries concluded that the army had failed to provide adequate proof that Yumlembam Sanamacha had in fact escaped. Other findings have not been made public.
Children have the right to grow up safe from torture and cruelty.
When their safety is jeopardized, children should be able to turn to the police or security forces for protection. In regions of armed conflict such as Manipur, security forces often target children. They do so as a way to gather evidence against parents suspected of supporting armed opposition groups. Government forces, paramilitaries and armed opposition groups also commit abuses against children to intimidate the community as a whole and to eliminate future opponents by terrorizing, maiming or even killing them when they're young. Politically-motivated torture and abuse of children is widespread, but torture of children suspected of crimes is even more common.