Guwahati, July 31: In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with Cachar Police, has arrested a man in connection with the brutal killings of six Meitei individuals, including a child, in Jiribam district of Manipur last year.

The arrested person has been identified as Thanglienlal Hmar alias Boya, a resident of Moinathol village in Dilkhosh Grant, Cachar.

Cachar SSP Numal Mahatta said Hmar played a logistical role in the abduction and subsequent murder of the victims.

According to investigators, Hmar used his boat to transport six abducted persons—three women and three children—along with three armed assailants in camouflage gear from Jakuradhar Ghat to Kaisalpunjee village Ghat.

The victims, all from the Meitei community, had been kidnapped from Jiribam, a district bordering Assam. Their bodies were later found floating in a river. They were identified as Yumrembam Rani Devi (60), Telem Thoibi Devi (31) and her daughter Telem Thajamanbi Devi (8), Laishram Heithoibi Devi (25), and her two children Laishram Chingkheinganba Singh (2.5 years) and Laishram Lamnganba Singh (10 months).

The arrest comes three weeks after the Manipur High Court directed the NIA to submit a report on the case and just two days after it ordered the agency to file a chargesheet within a month.

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