The mysterious death of a 21-year-old Manipuri girl, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her rented accommodation in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, has been transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
Prima facie, it appeared to be a case of suicide by consumption of some poisonous substance, but investigators are now trying to ascertain whether it was a case of suicide or there was any foul play behind the incident. However, the family of the victim alleges that her death was not a suicide and she was murdered as there was a deep injury mark on her body and some injury marks on her eyes as well. Police have constituted a medical board to re-examine the post-mortem examination report, prepared by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Malviya Nagar Police had already registered a case of murder, but the investigation was transferred to Crime Branch. On Saturday afternoon, over 500 Manipuri students gathered outside the Malviya Nagar Police Station and protested against police inaction in the case. Students' Union of the North-East president Athot alleged that the woman was murdered. "There was a deep injury mark on her body, but police were trying to hush up the matter. Today (Saturday) we protested outside the police station and an officer assured us that a proper inquiry would be conducted in the case," Athot said.
A senior Crime Branch official said that a panel of three doctors has been constituted to conduct the post-mortem examination on the body again. The first post-mortem was conducted at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Thursday. "Prima facie, it appeared to be a case of suicide by consumption of some poisonous substance, but there were some injury marks on her eyes and toes. The nature of the wounds suggested that the portion of the body was eaten by animals. Movement marks of some small animal (possibly rat) is there on the bed sheet too," the officer added.
Reingamphy lived in a rented accommodation along with a female friend in Chirag Delhi for the past two months and used to work with a beauty parlor in Saket. But, she was unemployed for the last two weeks.