Aizawl, Mar 23 : Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Tuesday said fired shells of .9 mm pistol were found beside the bodies of two Mizos and one non-tribal at Panikheti area in Assam as investigation into the killing was on.
Making an official statement in the state assembly, Lalzirliana said Assam police recovered the three bullet-ridden bodies yesterday and presumed that they were killed at around 3 a m.
Mizoram police officers were sent to Guwahati to help in the investigation, he said, adding that the two bodies, after autopsy in Gauhati Medical College Hospital, were being brought to their respective villages.
Fired cartridge shells of .9 mm pistol were found near the bodies, he said adding the two Mizos were identified as Saidingliana Sailo and H. Lalhmingmawia and the latter ran a guest house in Guwahati.
They went out on Sunday night to purchase a vehicle and never returned," he said.
The Guwahati Mizo Welfare Association leaders suspected that the two Mizos and the non-tribal were killed in a fight between two gangs of car lifters.
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