Shillong, May 15: .Police have registered a murder case following the lynching of a youth in Pynter, East Khasi Hills, allegedly by the headmen and the VDP members.
The headman, among 11 accused, secured bail from the district council court.
East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem told reporters on Friday (May 14) that post mortem report is awaited to challenge the bail.
27-year-old Trophimos Khongmawdoh was beaten to death on April 7, and the matter came to light after a video of the incident surfaced.
His father, Netnobiweit Khongsdoh, filed an FIR on May 5 alleging that his son was assaulted by the headman and members of the Village Defence Party (VDP).
“We have received an FIR on May 5 from the father of the deceased, and this incident happened on April 7, where he alleged that his son was assaulted by the headman and the VDP members.
Following this complaint, we have registered a case of murder in Pynursla Police Station,” he said.
“We have also prayed to the court to exhume the body of Trophimos Khongmawdoh, and the date for exhumation will be fixed by the SDO Civil Pynursla, following exhumation we will conduct a spot postmortem and following the findings of the postmortem, we will decide as to what to do next, the SP said.
Syiem said the investigation is being monitored by the SDPO Pynursla and SP City.
“As of now, since people have got bail, first we will go for the postmortem, then take a call after that,” he said.
After the postmortem only, we will be able to take a call on whether we will appeal for cancellation of the anticipatory bail,” SP Syiem said.
When asked, the SP admitted that the VDPs are required to work with police and not take the law into their hand.
“VDPs have been instructed and made aware and have also taken an oath to uphold the law to work in tandem with the police and to inform the police on any incidents,” he said.
Regarding this isolated incident, the VDP has not informed the police and allegedly took the law into their hand, he said
