Morung Express News Dimapur | October 9 A 28-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Tenyiephe I on the morning of Sunday, October 9. Dimapur Police informed today that the victim was suspected to have been murdered with a sharp weapon on the night of October 8, between 10pm and 12am. She succumbed to multiple deep injuries administered on her head with a sharp object—the blows also injured her hands and wrists which she probably used to protect herself from the repeated assault, suspect the Police. She is survived by two children. Due to a recent divorce, her daughter lived with her mother while her son lived with the relatives of her former husband. The victim lived alone in her house at Tenyiephi I, E Khel, and ran a small grocery shop close by her home. Her death was first reported to the victim’s mother by a neighbor at around 8:30am on October 9 after he went to her shop but found it closed, stated the Police. The neighbor found this an odd occurrence and went to call her from her home when he found her door unlocked, and a pool of blood next to the bed on which she lay. The neighbor immediately intimated the victim’s mother and brothers who live in the same neighborhood. They were reported to have found her body in a pool of blood with only one piece of clothing on her upper body, which led to suspicions of sexual crimes. The Dimapur Police reached the spot in the morning and checked the area—only a mobile handset was found missing from the house while the weapon used to murder the victim could not be located. There was no sign of break-in either, informed the Police. The body was taken for examination and Post Mortem by afternoon to the Dimapur Civil Hospital where it was confirmed that she had not been sexually assaulted. A detailed Post Mortem report will be made available to the Police in couple of days. Her body has been handed over to the family for last rites. An FIR connected to the case has been filed at the Diphupar Police Station under section 302 IPC (Murder) and the case is under investigation. Body found in Khopanullah A 23-year-old man drowned in a fishery pond at Khopanullah on October 9. Sarhuni (23) who hails from Lai village in Senapati district of Manipur drowned in a fishery pond during a picnic on Sunday afternoon. According to Dimapur Police, the man’s body was found by his friends who were with him at the picnic, who then reported it to the Police. His parents have refused a Post Mortem of the body, which will be taken to Lai village on October 10 to be laid to rest, stated the Police.
