Suspect in rape, murder case remanded

    04-Oct-2022
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 4: Special Judge, POCSO Imphal East remanded a 47 year old suspect to seven days police custody in connection with the rape and murder of a minor girl on September 29 in a rubber farm located at Balijuri, Kashimpur, Jiribam.
The suspect identified as Md Jamal Uddin 47 s/o (L) Farmun Ali of Lalpani Part II was produced before the Court by a team of Jiribam police station along with a prayer for seven days police custody remand for smooth investigation of the case.
The IO of the case submitted that suspect Md Jamal Uddin was arrested on September 30 in connection with the case and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Jiribam and the Court granted four days transit remand till today.
The IO submitted that on September 21, mother of the victim lodged a written complaint to the OC, Jiribam police station stating that her minor daughter was found missing on the same day at around 4.30 pm and she was found dead in a rubber farm at Balijuri, Kashimpur, Jiribam at around 8.30 pm.
As it was suspected to be a case of murder, a case was registered for investigation
During the course of investigation, police visited the crime spot and conducted magisterial inquest of the dead body and surrounding area and recovered one pair of sandal.
Post mortem of the victim was conducted in presence of an Executive Magistrate with full video coverage on September 23 after which the body was handed over to the family members.
IO further submitted that after the post mortem of the victim,  a police team re-visited the crime spot together with a forensic mobile team of Imphal East and recovered some hair strands from near the spot and further recovered one red colour panty and a piece of torn cloth suspected to be used by the minor victim.
On preliminary examination, the suspect revealed that he had washed the panty/inner pant but he refused to disclose the facts of the crime, the IO said and prayed for remanding the suspect in police custody for seven days for smooth and thorough investigation of the case
The Court, on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submission of the IO, remanded the suspect in police custody till October 10 for further investigation of the case.