Ginoria body found in Nagaland
The suspense over the abduction of businessman Kailash Ginoria came to an end with the recovery of his dead body at the tributary of Mikang River in Lungsang Basti under Bhandari Police Station in Nagaland located about three kilometers away from Merapani at around 9.30 am in the morning. Kailash Ginoria was kidnapped on 10th March from Jorhat town and since then Jorhat police has launched a massive search operation to trace Ginoria and in this connection had arrested fourteen suspects. Among them it was Rajiv Lala Rahman who spilled the beans about the kidnapping and directed the police team to the very spot where the dead body of abducted Ginoria was recovered. There were two bullet marks on the body of Ginoria and his feet were tied. It was revealed by the kidnappers that Ginoria was killed on 11th March and during all these days his body had deteriorated beyond recognition.
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