CBI arrests man from Pune in connection with the missing two students in Manipur

Guwahati: CBI has arrested a person from Pune in connection with the killings of a 17-year-old girl student Hijam Linthoingambi and 20-year-old Phijam Hemjit, who hailed from Bishnupur district and had gone missing on July 6 during the height of ethnic violence.

Sources said that a special investigation team of the CBI arrested Paolunmang from Pune on Wednesday and took him to Guwahati. The court has sent him to CBI custody till October 16.

Sources said, “Paolunmang is believed to be the mastermind behind the incident".


Earlier the CBI had arrested four people in the case.The central agency had arrested two men, Paominlun Haokip and Smalsawm Haokip, and two women, Lhingneichong Baitekuki and Tinneilhing Henthang, on October 1.

Manipur witnessed massive students’ agitations after their photographs were circulated on various social media platforms on September 25.

The victims’ families suspected that their children had been killed by armed assailants.

At least 100 students were injured during the agitations after they clashed with the security forces, who prevented them from marching towards the chief minister’s bungalow. The state government shut all schools in the state till September 29 and re-imposed the ban on mobile internet services till October 6.