IMPHAL: A 70-year old woman who ran a rice hotel at Sugnu bazar was found stabbed to death with a dagger yesterday at around 7:30 pm near Sugnu Water Supply Leikai crematorium ground, located under Sugnu police station, Thoubal district.
The deceased has been identified as one Kshetrimayum Ongbi Nilmani, w/o (L) Gopalmacha of Sugnu Thongkhong Leikai Ward no 1. The woman was stabbed behind on her shoulder with a dagger near the crematorium when she was returning home from her hotel, barely 200 metres away from her house at around 7:30 pm last night. On being attacked from her behind, Nilmani had made a cry which alerted the people nearby and scared the attacker away.
Regarding the incident, Sugnu police have apprehended one suspect identified as Khaidem Sova (40), s/o Kh. Thambaljao who is a drunkard. Six days prior to the incident, Sova had come to the deceased Nilmani’s hotel to enquire for alcohol. When Nilmani replied that she only sold rice and had stopped selling liquor, the accused Sova had in rage stolen 2 kgs of rice. 2-3 days after the incident, Sova had visited Nilmani’s hotel again to which she alerted the people around by calling him “rice thief”. At this, Sova had warned Nilmani to be beware of any consequence, the sources said.
