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KS Wotsami Complex, where the murder took place. (EM Images)[/caption]
Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, June 4: Three boys in their teens who were employed at hotel were found murdered inside a room at KS Wotsami Complex in Dimapur. thet are suspected to have been murdered by two of their ‘roommates’ .
The three boys were found lying in a pool of blood inside their room at KS Wotsami Complex, 6th floor, located at Golaghat Road on June 4. A police team from East Police Station reached the scene where they conducted an inquest and later shifted the bodies to Civil Hospital for post mortem. According to report from the caretaker, the five boys were employed at the hotel City Inn at Eros Lane.
The three deceased persons have been identified as: Tateutui Newme from Nchan village in Peren; Tia Sangtam from Tethuze village in Kiphire; and Hori Teron from Gaitor village, Assam.
Speaking to reporters, the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, Limasunep Jamir stated that a criminal case has been registered at East Police Station; and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed led by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) for a thorough probe.
According to the employer, the five boys were given a room for accommodation and they had been staying together for almost a month. She said that the five of them had been watching the TV till midnight. “I told them to sleep so that they could wake up early for morning’s work at the hotel,” she said. In the morning, she found that the door was locked from the outside.
She said that the murder could have occurred at around 2 to 3 am. A machete was found with blood stains all over it. The boys are suspected to have fled through the bathroom window. Because they were at the sixth floor, the two accused persons could not jump off right away and used bed-sheets to climb down and make their escape.
The motive behind the murder was not known till the filing of this report. Some alleged that it could have been a matter of hatred borne for past some time. Some alleged they were murdered for cash and kind.
Information from various sources claimed that the incident was the third of such kind to have occurred at Wotsami Complex. Earlier, a girl was killed and in another incident, a bodyguard was said to have killed himself.