Gold snatcher arrested
Source: The Sangai Express / S Singlianmang Guite
Lamka, March 24 2015:
A 24-year-old woman was caught red-handed while trying to remove gold earrings from students of lower section of Donbosco School around 2.20 pm.
She was later arrested by the police.
Chingthianmuang (24) d/o Paukhansiam of Khominthang, New Lamka reportedly made her way into the school campus today as the lower sections were departing, said sources.
It was said that some of the teachers saw the woman trying to cut the earrings of the students with a scissor and they immediately detained her.
In her reported statement before the public, the woman claimed that she was acting alone mainly during the day.
She reportedly admitted that she had already snatched the earrings of at least 8 girls, most of whom are students from the same school.
She also claimed to have sold the stolen earrings at Imphal and used them for purchasing drugs.
Churachandpur police have taken her into their custody.