The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made four arrests and detained two people in connection with the terrible slayings of two students in Manipur in July, whose photos appeared on social media last week.
Besides the two girls who are being held in Imphal, the four include two males and two women and they have been taken by air to Guwahati. They have been identified as Paominlun Haokip, Malsawn Haokip, Lhingneichong Baite, and Tinneikhol.
As per sources, the deceased student’s friend was Lhingneichong Baite. Without providing more information, sources claimed that one of the suspects is purportedly the wife of an insurgent organisation with a base in Churachandpur. A crack unit of the Manipur Police and the Indian Army in a joint operation captured the suspects from the hill district Churachandpur, 51 km from Imphal, where ethnic violence began on May 3. Several Kuki insurgent groups that have signed the tripartite suspension of operations (SoO) agreement are based in this hill district.
After catching them, the forces drove swiftly to the airport, where a CBI team was waiting for them. The CBI team and the suspects took the last flight out of Imphal around 5:45 pm.
Sources said some people tried to move towards the airport on hearing about the arrests. The one hour till the time the plane took off was “full of tension” as the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) guarding the airport was informed about possible trouble.
