KOHIMA:In a major breakthrough into the August 14 murder case that has paralyzed life along the Assam-Nagaland border in Merapani area bordering Wokha district in Nagaland, the police has taken into custody one Ramiz Ali, reportedly a business partner of the murdered victim.
Ali had since confessed to having murdered Bhubon Ali (42) on August 14.
According to official sources here today the accused has been forwarded to judicial custody.
The body of Bhubon Ali was recovered on Sunday from below the road in an area between Sunglup and Lakhuti village under Bhandari sub-division with his throat slit and back of the head slashed by a machete.
The murder had created communal tension between the neighbouring community of the two states. (UNI)