7 arrested in tribal village head's murder in Jharkhand's Khunti
Khunti (PTI): Seven people were arrested in connection with the murder of a tribal village head in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
Soma Munda, who had also contested the 2024 assembly elections from the Khunti seat on an Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP) ticket, was murdered on January 7 over a land dispute, they said.
"Seven people, including the main accused, have been arrested. A manhunt is on to nab two shooters and some other people involved in the crime," SP Manish Toppo said.
Munda was shot dead on the Namkum-Jamuadag Road when he was returning home on a motorcycle with his wife.
He was the 'Adel Sanga Padha Raja', traditional head of 22 villages.
The SP said Munda was murdered following a dispute over 3.16 acre of land in Jiarappa village in the Khunti police station area.
"Devbrat Nath Shahdeo, a resident of Ranchi, was trying to sell this land, which he had acquired from the descendants of the landlords, with the help of local people," he said.
"Munda and some other villagers had objected to these attempts to sell, as a traditional fair, Padha Jatra Mela, had been held on that land for many years. Last November, levelling work was carried out on the land, and the stone markers were removed, which Munda had opposed," he added.
Following this, a conspiracy was hatched, and he was murdered, the SP said.
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
