Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 31:
An elderly man who was brutally assaulted by some youths at Kharau Loubuk on the night of March 28 for failing to clear his debt succumbed to his injuries today at the RIMS hospital.
The deceased has been identified as Potsangbam Bokul (70) of Wangoi Songjam Leikai.
According to reports, the deceased man is said to have borrowed a sum of Rs 20,000 from a woman named Chungkham Tababi (38).Mention may be made here that P Bokul had assured the woman to repay the amount before April 1.However, some youths numbering about five to six came to Bokul's place on the intervening night of March 28 and 29 whisked away Bokul by gagging his mouth with a cloth.
Family members who tried to follow the abductors were threatened and asked to stay back.
The report further said that P Bokul who was brutally assaulted at Kharau Loubuk at around 2 am of March 29 was finally brought and left near his own gate.
P Bokul who was admitted at the RIMS Hospital yesterday following his deteriorating health died in the evening.
Wangoi PS has taken up a case in connection with the murder.
The body has been handed over to family members after a post mortem at RIMS.
Meanwhile, one of the sons of Ch Tababi was arrested this morning.
In another incident a man's body was found near the Khuga River under Churachandpur PS this morning at around 6.30.The deceased man has been identified as that of one Naorem Tiken (36) of Nambol Naorem.
The deceased man is reported to be working as a teacher at Rengkai High School.
The body which was retrieved by the Churachandpur Police has been handed over to family members after a post mortem at Churachandpur District Hospital.
Meanwhile, a woman identified as one Sagolsem Sanathoi (28) of Kakching Khunnou who was admitted at RIMS this morning after consuming insecticides expired at around 9 am.
Police has registered a case in connection with the incident the body has been handed over to family members after a post mortem at RIMS.
According to another report, a woman was admitted to the RIMS Hospital this afternoon at around 12.20 pm after the Kinetic Honda she was riding collided with another Kinetic Honda at Loklaobung.