Former minister’s daughter murder case 2 get life imprisonment

New Delhi: A sessions court in Imphal on Monday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing the eight-year-old daughter of then Manipur minister Ngajokpa in 2003, officials said.

The CBI had filed a charge sheet on December 28, 2007 against Ningombam Rome Meitei and Letkhosei Haokip and two others.
The Sessions Judge, Imphal (East) sentenced Meitei and Haokip to life imprisonment. Two others named in the charge sheet died during the trial, officials said.

The CBI took over the investigation of the case on March 29, 2004 at the request of the Manipur government. The case was earlier investigated by the local police against unknown suspects.
A CBI spokesperson said, “It was alleged that Miss Lungnila Elizabeth (age 8), daughter of the then Manipur Government Minister Francis Ngajokpa, was murdered on November 4, 2003, in Singapore in Imphal West district. I was abducted from a school.” Here

He said the girl’s body was found on November 12, 2003 in a gunpowder bag in a ditch at Tera Sadokpam Leikai in Imphal West district.