Aizawl, Dec. 28: In an instance of delivering ?instant justice?, villagers in a remote area of Mizoram executed a man within hours of him raping and killing a mentally deranged housewife. A delayed report reaching here today said residents of Darlawn village in north-east Mizoram lynched Chhandama, belonging to the same village, after he admitted to the crime. The incident took place on December 24 night, marring the Yuletide festive atmosphere in the Christian village.
The report said a married woman Chhungi of the village had gone to collect firewood from the nearby forest on the day. When she did not return home till 8 pm, her husband Ringlawma alerted his neighbours. It was found later that Chhandama had followed her into the forest. Villagers went to his house and on repeated questioning by them, Chhandama broke down and confessed to his crime. He told the villagers where he had hidden the body. The villagers handed him over to police and went to the place where Chhungi?s body was found.
Emotion ran high at the site of the mutilated body after which the villagers returned to the police station, snatched the criminal from police custody and lynched him. Both the victim and the perpetrator of the crime were buried on the Christmas day. Chhungi, in her thirties, was raped twice before also.
In another incident, Indra Chhetri, a mother of a three-year old daughter and an infant son, was murdered on December 24 at Edenthar locality in the western suburb of Aizawl. Police later arrested her neighbour Lalthlangdika, who confessed that he had committed the crime before robbing her house.