Morung Express News
Dimapur | March 12
Three persons have been arrested in connection to the February 6 killing of a couple near Shamator. According to Tuensang police, the arrests were made on March 9 by the Special Investigation Team instituted to probe the case. The three were arrested following weeks of relentless search operations in remote areas of Kiphire and Tuensang district. Their identities have not been disclosed citing security concerns.
The search operations finally resulted in the arrest of three persons, who are suspected to have been involved in the February 6 killing, the Tuensang police said. Without disclosing the location where the arrests occurred, the Tuensang police said that on March 9 the SIT assisted by the NAP (IR) and the Tuensang police mounted search operations in “targeted areas falling under Shamator sub-division.”
As per the Tuensang police, the arrests have enabled the SIT make headway in the investigation as interrogation of the three suspects has “unravelled many key links.”
