Two women found murdered in Mizoram village

Two women were brutally murdered in a jhum near Chhuarlung hamlet in Saiha district of Mizoram last night, police said.

Elizabeth (28) of Chhuarlung hamlet was found inside her jhum hut in a naked state, with her arms tied behind, fractured neck and several injuries on the back of her head and forehead.

Her head was covered with 'thlangra', a bamboo tray for sifting and winnowing grain.

The wounds were most likely inflicted with a machete, the police said, adding that she was apparently raped before being murdered.

The body of another 60-year-old woman Sidey was found outside the jhum area of the same village.
 

It had multiple injuries apparently caused by a blunt weapon.

The place is near the Myanmar border.

Saiha district SP Armendra Kumar Singh has rushed there.