Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 25 2010:
In a heinous crime, a 48-year old housewife who went for work in the field was hacked to death at a hut in the paddy field at Sinam village of Kotlein under Sapermaina police station of Senapati district.
The dead body of the house wife, Hatzivah Kipgen (48) wife of late Lampao Kipgen of K Sinam village having cut mark at the neck was recovered from the hut located isolated from the populated area in the paddy field by the villagers who informed the police later.
Family said that the woman went to work at the family paddy field yesterday morning at about 8 am and was found laying death with hacking marks at the neck when the family members go to the field when she failed to back last night.
Police seized a knife from the spot where the dead body was found lying.
A case has been registered with the Sapermaina police station and initiated investigation into the murder case.
The dead body has also been taken back by the family after postmortem at RIMS morgue today.