The body of a tourist taxi driver who had been missing since August 10, Damehipaia Papeng, was found today along the Jowai Bypass, according to the Dorbar Shnong of Khonshnong, West Jaiñtia Hills.
Papeng hailed from Khonshnong, though he was living with his wife in Mihmyntdu. He was driving his tourist taxi (ML 04 D 2009) between Jowai and Lad Rymbai when he went missing. His mobile phone was switched off following his disappearance.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, tourist taxi drivers under the banner of the Jowai Shillong Guwahati Tourist Cab Association (JSGTCA) urged police to catch the killer/s of Fullmoon Kharsahnoh, another tourist taxi driver who was found dead in suspicious circumstances in Mynkre, East Jaiñtia Hills, last week.
The 33-year-old driver, from Larnai, West Jaiñtia Hills, went missing on August 16 while on his way from Shillong to Jowai. Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen Kharsahnoh’s tourist taxi (ML 04 D 1113) being driven by another person near Lumshnong.
Today a rally was held against the murder of Kharsahnoh by members of the JSGTCA demanding that police catch the guilty.
