Body recovered from Ukhrul Village
Source: The Sangai Express
Ukhrul, May 03 2016:
Ukhrul police recovered a dead body from Lunghar village, Ukhrul on May 1 and the deceased has been identified as Samurailatpam J Sharma (42) S/o Sh Bijoy Sharma of Nepra Campany under Thoubal police station.
According to reliable sources, he (Samurailatpam) along with other two other friends Rajen and Pakpi were hired as labourers for wood cutting at the forest of Lunghar village.
Reportedly Samurailatpam had rushed out from the makeshift camp on April 29 at around 10 pm and his two friends searched all over the place looking for him but to no avail.
The next day they again searched all over the area and at around 12 pm, they found that he had fallen into a deep gorge.
With reports reaching Ukrhul police station, a team of Ukhrul police and the village youth including one of the hired labourers retrieved the body from the gorge.
The body was later handed over to family members.