IMPHAL, May 31: Following the arrest of one of the accused May 9 alleged kidnapping and murder of a tata truck driver coming from Dimapur towards Imphal from Sekmai and recovery of the truck, police have today recovered several items which were missing from the truck from the rented room of one of the accused in the case who is still absconding.
The items were recovered from a rented room at Hatta Golapati Tanky Makhong.
It may be mentioned that the driver was found dead on May 9 after he was allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons from a rice hotel at Sekmai along with his loaded Tata truck.
The truck was recovered two days ago but the goods were found missing, said the police source.
The missing goods was recovered only today at around 3:30 pm by a team of Sekmai police from a rented room belonging to Md Nazir, 40, son of (L) Abdul Hak of Hatta Golapati Tanky Makhong which he rented out to one of the accused indentified as Md Sanayai who is still absconding.
According to the police, after getting a tip-off, a team of combined police led by SDPO Lamphel Kashar, officer-in-charge of Sekmai police station Inspector Premjit and a team of Imphal West police commandos rushed to the area and raided the rented room of Md Sanayai and recovered the missing goods.
Police said that the missing goods were brought to that rented room on the intervening night of May 9 and 10 at around 2 am by accused Md Sanayai along with three others.
Md Sanayai had taken the room on rent from the owner Md Nazir some three four days back, police said.
It may be mentioned here that the hijacked Tata truck’s driver identified as Md Kumud Ali (22), son of Md Mojd Ali of Dikhujali village in Assam was kidnapped along with the goods laden truck from MM hotel at Sekmai Bazar while he was having lunch by unidentified person who came in a black colored car.