Woman dead, rape suspected
Source: The Sangai Express
Lamka, February 06, 2012:
Two dead bodies including that of a woman, who appeared to have been killed after being raped, were recovered early today in different parts of the district even as the circumstances leading to the crimes remain a mystery and the perpetrators remain at large, reports our correspondent.
The lifeless body of thirty-five-year old Ngaisuanching daughter of Paukhoneng of Maukot was found in a drain about 200 meters from the police station.
The road-side drain is barely two feet in width and is located at the junction of Centre Road and Tipaimukh Road.
The woman was found partly disrobed leading to speculations that she could have been sexually molested before being done to the death.
The local police have taken the body to Imphal for forensic test.
An FIR under section 302/34 IPC was registered by the police.
In another incident the body of a suspected HPC (D) cadre identified as Gideon, 34 was recovered on the Khuga canal located along Thenmuol village, about 5 kms from here.
Sources said the body bore torture marks and added he was a resident of Rengkai.
He was a cadre of the armed group HPC (D), a SoO signatory and factional enmity is suspected to be behind the crime.