Prisoner found hung to death
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 01 2016:
A 25-year-
old prisoner has been found
hung to death at Manipur
Central Jail, Sajiwa today
morning.
The man identified as
Arambam Naobi (25) s/o (L)
Ibomcha of Takhel Makha
Leikai had been lodging in the
jail in connection with the
murder case of one
Khundrakpam Sanathoi of his
locality and assault of two
other since last year.
He was found hung to
death inside a cell at Sector 5
of the jail.
A source said that the de-
ceased had a mental illness
since the past 10 years and he
had been given treatment by
different psychiatrists before
he committed the crime last
year.
Family members said that
they went to the jail after they
got information about the in-
cident.
However, the jail
authority did not allow them
to enter the jail, they added.
Meanwhile, a jail source
said that Naobi had been stay-
ing at Sector 5 where mentally
unsound prisoners are iso-
lated from other prisoners.
When the jail staff made a
routine check this morning,
they found Naobi hung to
death using a towel.
The body was brought
down after forensic experts
conducted inquest of the cell,
the source added.
Heingang police brought the body to JNIMS morgue for
post mortem examination.
Later, post mortem examination was conducted in the pres-
ence of a Duty Magistrate with full video coverage.
Naobi's body has been handed over to his family later in
the afternoon.