SHILLONG:
The stabbing incident at Khyndailad on March 18 turned out to be a perplexing one even as the police investigation is on.
Speaking to The Meghalayan, the relative of the stabbed man, identified as Sakharaïa Sohthiang said that the incident occurred at around 9.30 p.m. at Khyndailad while he was on his way to his brother’s house at Mawlai Nonglum.
He stated that he met his friends who were arguing with a group and tried to help them; instead, he was pulled to the side by a woman, believed to be the wife of one of the persons involved in the fight, and was stabbed in the chest with a knife.
He was immediately shifted to Shillong Civil Hospital and later to NEIGRIHMS for better treatment.
In a statement issued here, the Superintendent of Police Raghavendra Kumar informed that Sohthiang gave a statement to the investigating officer of the case that he had been stabbed by an unknown woman near Hotel Pegasus and that he could identify the female assailant.
He stated that the victim was stabbed at approximately 3.00 a.m. on March 19 at Police Bazar by three-to-four unknown miscreants.
Inquiry was immediately initiated while awaiting a first information report from the victim/ family of victim for registration of a formal criminal case; a report was finally filed on March 20 by Princy Sohthiang, sister of the victim, at Sadar Police station and a case was registered thereafter.
Police have claimed that the victim has given conflicting statements since the morning of March 19regarding the place and time of occurrence as well as the description of the suspects.
“During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the victim had forcibly boarded a private vehicle at Khyndailad near the road leading to Hotel Pegasus on March 18 at approximately 9.45 pm and requested help from the four occupants of the vehicle to help him recover his scooty that he claimed had met with an accident at Mawprem,” the police stated.
On reaching Mawprem, Sohthiang confessed to the occupants of the vehicle that he had been stabbed and requested them to take him to his temporary residence at Mawshbuit village, East Khasi Hills.
The occupants of the vehicle, along with the victim, arrived at Mawshbuit at approximately 12.30 am on March19, and handed the victim over to his two relatives, who were staying with him.
As the matter is under investigation, police only statedthat all efforts are being made to identify and nab the alleged female assailant.