Meghalaya Court Remands Nongrah Child Murder Suspect to 8 Days' Police Custody

The order follows a six-month probe that police say yielded a confession backed by forensic findings.

Overview

A local court remanded Kennedy Khongsit, 32, to police custody for eight days Thursday, moving the Nongrah child murder case into the custodial stage of the investigation.
Police said Khongsit confessed during questioning that he smothered the seven-year-old after the boy refused to fetch a brush and a bucket while he cleaned a water tank.
According to the police account, he hid the body in the tank, later put it in a sack, carried it on a relative’s scooter, and dumped it by a Mawpat roadside between 4:15 pm and 4:50 pm.
A post-mortem at NEIGRIHMS found death by asphyxia due to smothering, and investigators said they sent exhibits to CFSL Guwahati and FSL Shillong during the six-month Special Investigation Team probe.
The child went missing from Lum Marboh, Nongrah, on October 8, 2025, and was found the next morning at Matngen/Mawtngen, Mawpat, while relatives and local women’s groups now seek tough action as police pursue further interrogation.