Manipuri woman dies of poison consumption
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, May 05 2012:
Adding to the list of suspicious death occurring outside Manipur, a young woman from the state reportedly died in a hotel room in Rajasthan after consuming poison.
The woman identified as Naorem Reshma (27), d/o (L) N.Manitomba of Leingkhol, near Mantripukhri died on May 1 after consuming poison along with her fianc�e Soraisam Santikumar (28), s/o S.Brajamani of Heirangoithong Ningthemcha Karong, with whom she was to be married on May 26, narrated the mother of Reshma.
The incident happened in a room at Ratandeep Hotel in Udaipur district, Rajasthan at around 11:00 p.m.on May 1, in which Reshma died and her fianc�e Santikumar escaped death reportedly due to timely medical attention and is now under police custody under an FIR lodged under 198/12, 306, 30 IPC.
The mother said that she received a call on May 2 at around 10:30 a.m.from an unknown number and was informed her daughter was in a critical state after consuming poison with her fianc�e, and expressed her suspicion about the death of her daughter who was going to be married shortly.
After contacting the family of Santikumar, members of the two families flew to Udaipur on the same day where it was confirmed that Reshma had died after consumption of poison but her fianc�e Santikumar escaped death as a result of medical treatment and was in police custody on charge of attempting to commit suicide, said the mother of Reshma whose dead body reached her home today.
The mother of Reshma appealed to civil society organizations and other concerned authorities to help her to establish whether her daughter had really died by committing suicide or there was foul play in her death.
It may be mentioned here that the number of suspicious deaths occurring outside has been increasing day by day in the last few days and weeks.
Starting with the death of a student named Richard Loitam who was a student of Architecture in Bangalore who was allegedly beaten to death by his hostel mates, to the death of another student named Okram Laaba who was doing his MBA in Haryana, to the death of another student named Heisnam Jackio doing his engineering in Bangalore and now to the death of Reshma who was working at the Hotel Sheraton in Rajasthan, the deaths of Manipuris have been reported in the media one after the other in quick succession during the last few days.
Are these deaths merely coincidental? One has to wait and see.
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