The Police are continuing with their search operation to find the killers of T Haokip, a government school teacher who was beaten to death by suspected NSCN(IM) militants on February 19, a police officer today said.
The operation was carried out at the vicinity of Aimol Khunyai and Chingningkhut areas in the hill district of Chandel and lasted for two hours since 4.30 AM.
The suspects were yet to be apprehended, but the tension which had evolved between two tribal ethnic groups have calmed down, the officer said.
Meanwhile, NSCN(IM) which was currently holding talks with the Centre, denied its involvement in the incident in a press statement made available to the media.
Earlier, the teacher's murder led to damage of houses and killings of livestock at Aimol Satu village on Monday last by a large mob of Molnom village and had resulted to a gunfight with the state forces after unknown miscreants fired at them.
Giving details of the incident Additional Superintendent
of Police Samir Saurabh said the teacher was abducted and gangraped while she was going to school this morning.
He said that the accused later dumped her at Mathurapur on the national highway and escaped.
The ASP said that medical examination of the victim was conducted late night and an FIR was lodged on the complaint lodged by her father.
"As of now Inspector CB Ganj R K Singh has been placed under suspension," he said.
The ASP said that efforts were on to identify and arrest the accused.
It is the second incident within four-days when a woman had been gangraped on the national highway.
Earlier, a woman and her daughter were gangraped in Bulandshahr on Friday night.
