On 8 February 2018 at around�_3.00 AM�_three Manipur Police Commandos forced their way into the house of Manoj Thokchom, a human rights defender that established Human Rights Initiative for Indigenous Advancement and Conflict Resolution (HRI). His father was woken up by the entrance of three men, who demanded him to confirm if Manoj resided in their house. After doing so, they entered Mr Thokchom's bedroom and told Mr Thokchom that their Officer-in-Charge wanted to ask him a few questions. When Mr Thokchom asked them for an arrest memo, it was revealed they never had any. Mr Thokchom was then taken by the police to the Manipur Police Commando Complex. Mr. P. Achuoba, Officer-in-charge of the Imphal West Police Commando, arrived at the complex at around�_10.00 AM. He interrogated Mr Thokchom, accusing him of being involved in the activities of armed groups. Having found nothing incriminating against him, Mr Thokchom was released from their custody at around�_6.30 PM�_the same day. It is believed that this act of arbitrary harassment is linked to Mr Thokchom's work in the HRI, and specifically the organization's collaboration with the Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights in Manipur and the UN (CSCHR) in submitting a memorandum to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial and arbitrary executions in Manipur. This memorandum, which revealed that there has been 1528 cases of extrajudicial executions of citizens in Manipur, was converted into a petition to the Supreme Court last year, and eventually led to the decision for for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate into each of these cases, and hold state actors accountable. At present, around 90 cases have been investigated. Human rights activists have argued that with this investigation taking place, the police are purposefully harassing and intimidating human rights defenders to create an atmosphere of fear.