Two women found murdered in Saiha district, Mizoram

Aizawl, September 8 (PTI):Two women were brutally murdered in a jhum near Chhuarlung hamlet in Saiha district of Mizoram last night, police said.  

Elizabeth (28) of Chhuarlung hamlet was found inside her jhum hut in a naked state, with her arms tied behind, fractured neck and several injuries on the back of her head and forehead.   Her head was covered with 'thlangra', a bamboo tray for sifting and winnowing grain.   The wounds were most likely inflicted with a machete, the police said, adding that she was apparently raped before being murdered.   The body of another 60-year-old woman Sidey was found outside the jhum area of the same village.   It had multiple injuries apparently caused by a blunt weapon.   The place is near the Myanmar border.  Saiha district SP Armendra Kumar Singh has rushed there.