Ukhrul to rally against murder
Source: The Sangai Express / Addie Chiphang
Ukhrul, September 13 2011:
Ukhrul is all set to stage a mass rally tomorrow to denounce the rape and murder of a school going girl by her alleged boyfriend at Thangmeiband Cheiraoching, Imphal.
Official sources in Ukhrul police station said that the accused boy friend of the victim, Vasmi Khaleng (16) daughter of Khathing Khaleng from Paorei village, Chingai sub-division under Ukhrul district was arrested by the team of Ukhrul police led by SDPO W Kasar on the night of September 12 from the house of a relative at Lamlang gate, 38 kilometres away from the district headquarters.
The accused boyfriend Wungthem Mawon (22) s/o Likeson Mawon of T Changhon, Tushar village is a B Com student of DM College, Imphal.
According to reliable sources, after committing the crime, Wungthem came back to Ukhrul on Sunday and dyed his hair black from his previous red dyed colour and started roaming around carrying a Bible.
At the time of arrest, scratch marks probably of nails were a visible on the culprit's neck.
Many Ukhrul based organisations including Ukhrul Block Congress Committee, Chingai Block Congress Committee and Phungyar Block Mahila Congress Committee have denounced the rape and murder terming it as beastly.