Abducted for ransom, man found dead in Zunheboto

Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, March 20: One person by the name of Lunkholal Singson, an employee of the state’s Veterinary and Animal Husbandry department was reportedly murdered at Aichi Saghemi in Zunheboto district, on the night of March 17.
According to a statement of Nitoi Assumi GB and Chairman of VK Area Gaon Burah’s Association (VKAGBA), Singson was abducted near Mukhami village on Saturday while travelling on a Zunheboto-Dimapur night service. They identified the abductors as Puloka Awomi and Pikato Shohe, both hailing from Mukhami village.
The accused persons have been arrested and taken to Zunheboto town by the police.
Huska Sema, the press secretary of VKAGBA informed Eastern Mirror that Singson was abducted at around 9.30 pm on Saturday in the vicinity of Mukhami village. The two miscreants were claiming to be members of armed Naga groups and demanded a ransom of INR 3 lakh, it was informed.
Reportedly, the victim did not refuse the demand. But the abductors took him to the jungle below NH 2 and ‘killed him in cold-blood with a firewood’, it was informed. The assailants then threw the body 1-2 km away from the scene.
Sema further added that after a long search, the corpse was recovered in the early hours of March 20. The video of the two accused being ‘interrogated’ by the public has since gone viral on the internet. Further investigation is underway, it was informed.