Absconding rapist arrested
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 18 2011:
A man who has been alleged of killing his brother in-law's wife and absconding for the last two years after the incident has been arrested, police said today.
Iribung police arrested Pukhrambam Momba (30) from Keirao Lairembi Leikai from Chasad in Ukhrul district yesterday and produced today in the court of Imphal East Chief Judicial Magistrate and taken remand for five days.
Momba has been evading police arrest since 2009 after he had killed his brother in-law wife who he had taken away from Imphal East DC office after leaving behind her mother in-law.
They (victim woman, Momba and mother in-law of the victim woman) were coming to the DC office in connection with a case related with victim woman's husband) .
Momba took away the woman for taking a passport photograph to a studio leaving behind her mother in-law at the DC office and failed to return back.
Later, the dead body was recovered with tell-tale signs of raping her before being killed.
On the very day of recovery of the dead body, a mob had burnt down the house of the rapist and also ostracized him along with his family from the locality forever.