Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Friday, said it has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 brutal Jiribam killings case.
NIA caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, of Village Moinathol, Dilkhosh Grant Cachar, Assam. from Aizawl, Mizoram on Thursday.
“The arrest came close on the heels of the arrest of another accused, Thanglienlal Hmar by a joint NIA-Assam police team yesterday, also from Aizawl,” the NIA said.
Three women and three children were abducted and brutally murdered by militants in Borebekra area of Jiribam district of Manipur on November 11 last year. The bodies were disposed of in the Barak River.
Like Thanglienlal, Lalrosang was also an active conspirator in the heinous crime. NIA has recovered from him a mobile phone, along with a SIM card, and is examining the same as part of its continuing investigation in the case RC-15/2024/NIA/IMP, the NIA said.
