Undertrial rape accused commits suicide
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 07 2015 :
An undertrial rape accused reportedly committed suicide by jumping off a building inside Sajiwa Jail here early on Thursday.
S Ngaopuni (65) climbed up the first floor of the jail building and jumped down.
He was critically injured in the incident and rushed to JNIMS, but succumbed on the way.
He was a native of Senapati district' Liyai Khullen.
Ngaopuni had been accused of raping a 13-year-old Nepali girl from Paomei Colony in Imphal on April 14, 2014 during the Parliamentary polls.
But the victim is originally from Kanglatombi in Senapati district.
Police sources said Ngaopuni was about to produce before a court here at 11 am.
Following the rape incident, a protestor was killed in a police firing in Kanglatombi in Senapati district where an intense agitation was being launched by the residents against the rape .