Dharna being staged to demand punishment of the Mother-Daughter duo killers

IMPHAL, Jan 28: Con-demning the recent brutal murder of a mother and her daughter at Phayeng Makha Leikai, Meira Paibis of Tairenpokpi, Sairenkhul and Atongkhunou jointly staged a wakat meepham at the ground of Tairenpokpi Youth Club today.

Angom Ongbi Chanbi and her daughter Meneka alias Ibemcha were abducted by unidentified persons from their house in the intervening nights of January 12 and 13. Their bodies were found on January 23. It is suspected that they may have been raped before they were murdered.
Organised under the aegis of Tairenpokpi Women Society, the protestors demanded the Government to book the perpetrators of the crime and award them exemplary punishment.
They also called upon the Government to take the responsibility for the upbringing of three surviving children of Chanbi.
Placards inscribed with slogans like ‘We condemn brutal murder of Chanbi and Meneka’, ‘Respect the rights of women’, ‘Ensure protection of women’, ‘We want to live in peace’, etc were seen being used at the protest demonstration.
Participating in the protest demonstration, 60-year old Moirangthem Keina-hanbi of Sairemkhul said that the incident of brutal murder of Chanbi and her daughter Meneka has send shockwaves among the women not only in Phayeng area but also in other neighbouring villages.
‘‘We strongly condemned the incident and to ensure such incidents are not repeated the perpetrators of the crime should be arrested and given exemplary punishment. Such beastly beings should have no place in human society’’, she said.
Kh Punima, another protestor, called upon the Government for providing necessary assistance to the three surviving kids of Chanbi.
‘When there is lot of hardship for children who have lost either one of their parents, lost of both the parents may lead them to go astray’, she pointed out. Many of the protestors also cried in condemnation of the brutal murder.