Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 03:
In a chilling incident, unidentified gunmen suffocated a man to death under water today at about 3.30 pm at Irengbam Hawairou Pukhri Achouba in Thoubal district under Kakching police station.
The matter has been reported to the police by the local people.
Police sources said that the unidentified gunmen came in a steel coloured Maruti car and suffocated the man to death under water.
The deceased is identified as Irom Maikoi Singh (20). The incident occured while the deceased was returning home from Kakching.
When the gunmen accosted him and asked him to jump into a pond, Maikoi protested stating that he does not know how to swim.
However the gunmen forced him into the water after which he drowned.
The body of Maikoi was discovered inside the pond after the local people conducted a search.