Found dead
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 28 2020:
The body of a 19 year old girl, suspected to be raped and murdered, was found at a roadside canal near Irong Chesaba Salam Achouba Thumukom today morning.
The victim's body, with both hands and feet tied, was found floating in the canal after it was spotted by local passers-by who informed the police.
Upon getting the information, a team of Mayang Imphal PS arrived at the spot and cordoned off the area.
The IO of the case also sent a requisition for conducting inquest of the body to the mobile scientific unit.
The body was later identified as that of Khullakpam Washima (19) d/o Janamuddin (44) of Yairipok Tulihal Mayai Leikai, by family members who had arrived at the scene.
According to the victim's uncle, one Abdul Gafa, the victim had been staying with one of her aunties, Manerjan as she (Manerjan) was feeling unwell.
On the other hand, Manerjan claimed that Washima was in her room till 9.30 pm yesterday But when she woke up today morning, the victim was nowhere to be found and they suspected that she had eloped.
The family members conveyed that they later came across a post on Facebook which mentioned that the body of a young girl was found at Irong Chesaba Salam Achouba Thumukom and as such they rushed to the spot and found that the body was indeed that of Washima.
The family members added that both the victim's legs and hands were tied with a small rope from the back and she also had strangulation marks on her neck.
A Khudei was also found wrapped on her neck, they claimed.