Imphal Mar 9 UNA: Lamshang police of Imphal West district is close to crack the alleged rape and murder case of a 16-year-old girl whose lifeless body was retrieved from a river on March 6 morning, after arresting two accused said a police source.
The dead body of the 16-year old girl later identified as Khullem Tondon Devi daughter of Tolomu Singh of Luker Makha Leikai which was found floating on the Merakhong river was retrieved by a team of Lamshang police on March 5 morning.
The two arrested were identified as Mutum Sanajaoba (18) son of Tombi of Maklang bazaar and Lisham Naoba (19) son of Kumar of Maklang Mayai Leikai. They were arrested Saturday night around 11 pm after examining the phone calls which the deceased girl received over her mobile phone.
The clue to the two alleged accused was established when police picked up and interrogated one Ningthoujam Sanjit (16), ex-boy friend of the deceased who the elder brother of the victim girl named in his complaint lodged regarding the murder of her younger sister to the Lamshang police station.
Ex-lover Sanjit reportedly informed the police that after he had cut-off all relationships with the girl, she had lover affairs with another boy (Matum Sanajaoba) whom she came to know over her mobile phone.
On preliminary interrogation, police revealed that the two accused called out the girl on the night of March 2 last and gang-raped her in a paddy field nearby her locality. The two accused have confessed the crime committed by them, a police officer of Lamshang police station said.
Meanwhile, outrage by the murder of the girl, locals of Luker and its neighbouring villages rose up and stormed the houses of the two accused. However, timely intervention by the police has prevented the people from totally dismantling the houses. However, damages were caused to the properties of the two houses, police said.
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