Shillong, Sept 16: The Meghalaya State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSPCR) has directed the state police to expedite the investigation into the murder of four-year-old Insaphira Lyngdoh Mawnai at Nongrah Nonglum.
“The MSCPCR has further impressed upon the Police and all investigative agencies the urgent need to expedite the probe into this gruesome incident. Swift and thorough investigation is vital, not only for justice to be delivered but also to provide the bereaved family some measure of closure from this painful and tragic episode,” chairperson of the commission Agatha Sangma said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.
Insaphira Lyngdoh Mawnai was found missing from her home in Nongrah Nonglum on Sunday morning. Her body was found submerged in a waterlogged pit inside an under construction house near her residence on Monday morning.
The state police has immediately formed a special investigation team (SIT) headed by SP (City) Herbert Kharkongor to probe into the Insaphira’s death and nab the culprit(s) involved in the heinous crime.
Sangma informed that the commission had immediately reached out to the family upon receiving the grievous news of the untimely demise of a four-year-old child at Nongrah.
The Commission was present with the bereaved household throughout the day, offering its support in their hour of sorrow, and also ensured that the necessary official formalities at NEIGRIHMS, including the autopsy, were duly undertaken while closely reviewing the matter.
“The MSCPCR firmly reiterates that the loss of any life is a matter of deep anguish-far more so when it is the life of a child, whose innocence and future are so abruptly taken away. The Commission conveys its profound condolences to the grieving family and stands in solidarity with them in this most difficult time,” she said.
At this juncture, Sangma said that the Commission also deems it imperative to remind the public that the circulation of videos or images of children in distressing circumstances on social media is not only highly insensitive and unethical but also constitutes a violation of the law.
“Such acts fall within the purview of the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) and attract strict penal consequences, including imprisonment,” she stated.
 has directed the state police to expedite the investigation into the murder of four-year-old Insaphira Lyngdoh Mawnai at Nongrah Nonglum. ){kind=link}