IMPHAL, October 9: A man was caught red-handed by locals from his house at Langol Tarung village playing with the modesty of a 30 year old woman, whom he had allegedly drugged on pretext of providing medicine for a heart ailment.
Locals found the woman said to be a heart patient in a semi-conscious manner inside the man`™s house.
Locals said the man identified as Thongram Chingkhei, 65 has admitted that the woman was his sixth victim.
Angered by the incident, the locals thrashed him black and blue before handing him over to the Lamphel police.
Speaking to media persons, president of the grace Colony Youth Club H Bogen Meitei said the man was caught in shameful act around 10am today from his residence in the locality.
Babita (name changed) who claimed herself to be a heart patient said Chingkhei brought her to his house on the pretext of giving her treatment of her ailment and after drugging her against her wish raped her.
Locals also said that Chigkhei was earlier jailed for about a year for abusing his wife and children.
His wife Thongram Ibeni is now staying at her parental house.
They also alleged that Chingkhei had committed several other human crimes earlier.