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Court acquits 2 held for bid to murder former Mizoram CM

Court acquits 2 held for bid to murder former Mizoram CM

Time of India7 days ago
Aizawl: Two people accused of trying to assassinate former Mizoram CM Zoramthanga were acquitted by the judicial magistrate first class of Aizawl district due to insufficient evidence, court sources said.
The judicial magistrate acquitted Rodinliana (39) of Khawzawl town in Mizoram's northeastern Khawzawl district and Chanchinmawia (49) of south Mizoram's Hnahthial town in Hnahthial district on Wednesday. The magistrate after hearing evidences from officials of the cybercrime PS in Aizawl, witnesses and statements of the two accused ruled that though there is a strong suspicion on the accused, the prosecution failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubts.
A Facebook post in Zoram Politics Group-1 threatened to kill Zoramthanga at 1pm on March 11, 2022. A complaint was lodged at the cybercrime police station in Aizawl on April 12, 2022, resulting in cyber sleuths investigating the case. The investigation had lead to the arrest of the two.
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