Cop kills friend, irate mob ransacks his house
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 30 2011:
A police commando shot dead his friend with an unissued hand gun today around 7.30 pm near a water supply scheme at Lamding High School in Thoubal district.
Constable Likmabam Rabi (31) shot dead Nahakpam Basanta (31) of Lamding Nashikhong Leikai.
Rabi posted at Imphal West police.
Rabi is a mason.
A bullet hit the chest of Rabi had exited in his back.
He succumbed on the way to a hospital where he was rushed by his friends.
Rabi is still at large.
Police commandos launched a manhunt at places where he would have taken shelter.
There are no reports of his arrest.
Reports said that Rabi and Basanta were good friends.
While they were having a meal, Rabi showed him a hand gun.
When some other friends said that the gun was unusable, a quarrel erupted.
Rabi then pulled the trigger to show that the gun was real.
However, a bullet accidentally hit the chest of Basanta.
On the news of Basanta's death, a mob stormed the house of Rabi.
They ransacked and burned properties of the house.
Police has transferred the dead body of Basanta to JNIMS morgue.
Even though Rabi is still at large, his father has surrendered to the police, the source added.