JOWAI: Ladrymbai Police on Monday arrested Tubalang Siangshai of Wapungskur, one of the prime accused in a murder case at Wapungskur village.
Police alleged that Tubalang along with his brother Ten Siangshai, Nebalson Ryngkhlem and Rilang Ryngkhlem had murdered one Demerius Siangshai of Tuberkmai Shnong.
Demerius Siangshai had gone missing on January 11 and later his body was recovered from a forest along the Mookhep-Iongkaluh road.
His unclaimed body was buried by Ladrymbai Police but a week later his relatives came forward to claim the body following which it was exhumed and identified.
Immediately, after the body was identified the four accused were found absconding from the village until Monday when police arrested Tubalang from his residence in the wee hours of Monday.
Police are trying ascertain the whereabouts of the other three accused.
