Armed hooded men loot Heingang family
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 11 2023:
Unidentified armed men wearing nlask robbed around Rs 4.8 lakh from a house at Lairikyengbam Awang Leikai under Heingang Police Station on Tuesday night.
The loot victim has been identified as Ningthoujam Ratan (44) s/o (L) Ibomcha of Lairikyengbam Awang Leikai.
Ratan, who has been engaging two IOC tankers to earn his livelihood, recounted that a group of armed masked men dressed in black barged into his house on Tuesday night and accused him of being a drug dealer, before looting Rs 4.8 lakh from his house.
He said that around 7 pm on Tuesday, an unknown man showed up at his courtyard and called him out for some talks.
The man, who was masked and dressed in black, accused him of being a drug dealer and took out a sidearm before proceeding to question him (Ratan).
A brief quarrel ensued and another armed masked man came in with a bundled up green cloth on his hand as two more masked men with guns also hurried to the courtyard.
The group then proceeded to search his house demanding for the alleged drugs to be taken out.
However, no drugs could be found.
The men then broke open the locker inside a Godrej Almirah and found Rs 4.8 lakh in cash, which had been stored for any family emergency.
While one man continued to search the house, another man called him outside and continued questioning him.
Since no drugs could be found, the four men left his residence in a blue coloured Maruti Van.
After the men left, the family checked the almirah and found the money missing.
So, they chased the vehicle but failed to catch up with its speed.
Ratan continued that after checking the CCTV footage, the robbery was found to be carried out by the four men.
There was also footage of another person on a two-wheeler involved in the robbery, and later left along with the group.
Thus, he urged the authority concerned to look into the matter and alleviate the fear from the minds of the people, in addition to preventing a repeat of such incidents in the future.