50-year-old woman shot dead in Manipur amid FIFA World Cup celebrations
First Published: 19th December, 2022 12:17 IST
The lady was holding a 2-year-old baby in her lap when she was shot. Two bullets were fired at their residence. One of the bullets hit her.
Amid jubilations and celebrations for Argentina’s win in the 2022 FIFA world cup final match, a woman, known to be an Argentina fan, was killed after being hit by a bullet last night in Manipur.
The deceased woman has been identified as Salam Ningol Laishram Ongbi Ibetombi Devi, wife of Laishram Biramani, 69, of Singjmei Wangma Bheigyabati Leikai in Imphal East.
According to the husband of the deceased woman, the lady was holding a 2 year old baby in her lap when she was shot. Two bullets were fired at their residence. One passed through their wall while the other hit the woman. The husband said that they heard gunshots amid the sounds of firecrackers being blasted outside by people for celebrations.
Since bleeding was not seen, they thought she was suffering from a heart attack when she fell unconscious. When rushed to hospital, she was declared brought dead.
Meanwhile, police have arrested the suspect of the gunfire identified as Khangembam Devkanta alias Bobby of the same locality.
The bullet hit the woman on the left side of her back as she was celebrating Argentina’s win inside her house after watching the match with family members. Police sources said that the incident happened around 11:50 pm.
The body has been kept at JNIMS Morgue for postmortem. Porompat police station has registered a case under FIR No. 342(12)2022 PRT-PS u/s 302 IPC and 25(1-C) Arms Act.
Locals suspect the residence was targetted since the shooter had earlier eloped with the woman’s daughter. But the locals said that the matter was settled and the man married another woman.
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