Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 06:
A 5 year old kid living with her father and her step mother in a rented house died under mysterious circumstances today while her 6 year elder sibling is undergoing treatment at JN Hospital.
With the local people casting aspersions on the death and the hospitalisation of another, police picked up the father and step-mother to avert further trouble.
The deceased is identified as Manila while her elder brother is identified as Ababakar.
Their father has been identified as Feroze Khan (41) while their biological mother is named as Ashia (30).Though the father and step mother maintained that the child died after suffering from acute diarrhoea, neighbours expressed strong suspicion that she may have been poisoned.
Speaking to reporters, the younger brother of Feroze Khan, Jan Khan said that his elder brother brought home a second wife in October last year.
The woman is a Meetei, Tehra alias Pramo.
Following this there were frequent fights between Feroze and his first wife, said the younger brother.
About a month back, Feroze turned Out his first wife and left home along with his two children to live oa rent at Hatta Golapati.
The news about the death of the child was conveyed to the family members today at about 10 am, he said.
On reaching the rented house, the family members of Feroze saw the dead body of Manira, he said.
The step mother and the local people were also present.
Feroze was in prayer.
The father explained that the child started suffering from acute diarrhoea last night and passed away this morning.
The elder child has been admitted to JN hospital, he informed.
When the body of the child was taken back to the original house of Feroze at Khabeisoi, the neighbour? came out and started quizzing Feroze and his second wife about the death.
As the neighbours were not ready to buy the story of the death, a commotion erupted.
To thwart the outbreak of further trouble, Heingang police and Imphal East police personnel rushed to the spot and picked up Feroze and his second wife.
The body of the little child has been deposited at RIMS morgue for post mortem.
The local people expressed strong suspicion over the nature of the death and said that they might have been poisoned by the step mother.