Bride-to-be found dead, JAC formed
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal/Imphal, May 11 2021:
A bride-to-be was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her fiance's house at Santhel Mamang Leikai under Mayang Imphal police station this morning.
The bride-to-be is identified as Ruhana (20), daughter of Md Burhamuddin from Uchiwa Nastao Awang leikai.
Reportedly, the fiance Sahruk Khan alias Sabir (26) and his father Md Abdullah have surrendered to the police following the incident.
An angry mob which gathered as news of the death of the young woman spread tried to vandalise Sahruk Khan's house but police intervened timely to defuse the tension and prevented the mob from causing much damage to the house.
According to a source, the bride-to-be was pregnant for nearly 4 months.
She was brought to the groom's house yesterday from her house, the source said.
The source also hinted of an altercation between Ruhana and Sahruk last night.
The body was recovered by a team of Mayang Imphal police and sent for postmortem at JNIMS morque.
It is learnt that a case in connection with the incident has been registered at Mayang Imphal police station.
In the meantime, a committee called "JAC Against The Brutal Killing Of Miss Ruhana" was formed today.
A sit in protest was also staged today condemning the incident.
Placards calling for justice and strict punishment of the culprits were also displayed during the sit-in.
A team of AMMOCOC led by its assistant secretary Md Feroz Khan also visited the house of the victim's family and shared grief over the death.
The team also strongly condemned the incident.
While expressing the need for a thorough investigation and awarding of befitting legal punishment to culprit/s involved, the AMMOCOC team also assured all forms of possible assistance to the JAC formed today.
According to the family members of the victim, Ruhana had eloped with Sahruk Khan some five months back and she was staying at the latter's residence for their marriage which was scheduled after Eid.
The victim's family alleged that Sahruk Khan had informed them via mobile phone at around 3.30 am today stating that Ruhana was found hung to death in the kitchen.
Soon after that they rushed to the spot and found that the body was already taken down and placed on a bed covered with a white clothes and none of the family members of Sahrukh Khan were present in the house.
Family members of the victim said that it is highly suspected that Rohina might have been killed by her fiancee and his family members and enacted a scene of suicide.
The family members also alleged that there were number of bruise marks on the victim's face and other parts.
It was also alleged that Sahruk Khan and other family members are on the run after the incident.
However it is reported that Sahruk Khan has been pulled up for investigation this evening by a combined team of Investigating Unit of Crime Against Women (IUCAW) Imphal West and commando team of Mayang Imphal led by Additional SP N Rattana (IUCAW) Imphal West.