Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 12:
In a gruesome incident, a 56 year old Church elder and another unidentified person were hacked to death with sharp weapons by unidentified persons at a jhum field, about five kilometers to the east of Muolvaiphei village, Ccpur last night.
While Lalthasiem s/o Sunga of Muolvaiphei village was found lying in a pool of blood at a cot inside his jhum- hut with deep cut wounds at the neck which almost severed his head among other injuries, the other unidentified person was found hung by the neck from a pole in front of the hut with metallic wires.
He also bore deep wounds at the neck and arms.
It is believed that he was hanged after being killed.
Sources said that he is middle-aged and wore an ash-coloured shirt.
Witnesses said this evening that the bodies were recovered by a cultivator working nearby around noon today.
When no one responded to his call for Lalthasiem, the cultivator went up to investigate to see both men dead.
The CCpur police and volunteers from nearby villages recovered the bodies from the jhum field and brought it to the police station here around 7: 30 pm today.
Sources added that Mr Lalthasiem, who used to sleep at his jhum hut, was last seen by his wife yesterday evening after finishing the day�s work.
He was a church elder in the Methodist Church.
The bodies are presently lying at the police station and post mortem may be conducted tomorrow.