Mizoram ghost hunters help bust real murder after paranormal quest unearths hidden body

{A SURREAL TURN} SUSPECTS ARRESTED

- Ezrela Dalidia Fanai

On the night of June 30, 2023, Lalhmangaihzuala, also known as Angaiha, and his elder brother Lalhminghlua, aka Sena, both in their late twenties, went hunting for ghosts in the darkness on the outskirts of Aizawl, near the Tlawng river. The adventure was far from unusual for the duo. Over the past three years, the YouTube channel they ran, the Angaiha Five Brothers, had accumulated close to 33,000 followers for their videos of the paranormal.

So on that dark night, Angaiha and Sena, set off, their cellphones switched on, streaming live. At around midnight, they opened the creaky door of a jhum, a hut made of wooden logs, typically built as shelter next to agricultural fields. The day before, they had done the same thing. "At that point, there was nothing inside," Lalhmangaihzuala said.

On the night of June 30, though, there was something inside. It was the body of a man. The brothers ran.