By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, May 25: East Khasi Hills Police will challenge the anticipatory bails granted by the KHADC Court to nine persons after receiving postmortem report of Trophimos Khongmawloh, the alleged victim of an assault-murder case.
East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem on Monday said the postmortem of the victim’s body was done on the spot after exhumation of the body on May 18 at Pynter village.
“We will get a clearer picture only after getting the postmortem and other forensic reports,” Syiem said.
The victim’s father has alleged that the condition of the exhumed body indicated his son had been brutally assaulted before his death.
The exhumation and spot post-mortem were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations that Khongmawloh died after being assaulted inside the shnong hall at Pynter on the night of April 7.
He was buried on April 9, a day after his body was allegedly brought home by the VDP members. The exhumation was carried out 40 days after the burial.
The case took a dramatic turn after a video surfaced nearly a month later, allegedly showing a man being brutally assaulted. Netnobiweit Khongsdoh subsequently filed a complaint, claiming the person being assaulted in the footage was his son.
Following the emergence of the video, a zero FIR was registered at Sadar Police Station on May 5, and Khongsdoh later recorded his statement at the Pynursla Police Station.
Sources said nine persons, including village headman Fullmoon Khongsdoh, have already secured anticipatory bail from the District Council Court.
