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Security unit during a hunt cognition and country domination successful the susceptible areas of elevation and vale districts of Manipur. (PTI Photo/File)
As protests and arson continued successful Manipur’s vale areas, the Kuki-Zo hills besides remained tense with the bodies of 10 Hmar men, suspected to beryllium militants, being airlifted to Churachandpur connected Saturday.
The 10 Hmar men — 7 of whom are from Churachandpur territory and 3 from Pherzawl territory — were gunned down successful Jiribam’s Borobekra and Jakuradhor areas connected Monday. The weapon conflict started aft the militants fired astatine a CRPF campy and Borobekra constabulary presumption nearby, the constabulary said.
Their bodies had been kept successful the mortuary of Silchar Medical College and Hospital for 5 days. Several Hmar groups protested extracurricular the infirmary alleging hold successful the merchandise of the bodies.
On Saturday afternoon, hostility escalated astatine the infirmary erstwhile the authorities prepared to manus implicit the bodies to the police. Members of the Hmar assemblage gathered determination and demanded that the bodies beryllium handed implicit to them. A carnal confrontation ensued and the constabulary had to edifice to lathicharge to disperse the crowd; the concern calmed down aft immoderate time.
Some Kuki-Zo groups had announced a program to transport the bodies to Churachandpur for last rites, bringing them done Mizoram successful a procession. They were resistant to the thought of the bodies being airlifted.
A hunt cognition underway successful Manipur. (Image source: Manipur Police/X)
However, aft the bodies arrived successful Churachandpur, the ITLF, a Kuki-Zo radical based there, did not hide the bodies, stating that the post-mortem reports were not provided by the police.
“The bodies of our martyrs cannot beryllium claimed astatine the infinitesimal due to the fact that nary post-mortem paperwork was brought with them. Our martyrs’ bodies volition beryllium placed successful the territory infirmary morgue until post-mortem reports are available. An adept successful this tract volition cautiously reappraisal the post-mortem documents for immoderate inconsistencies…,” work a connection by them.
An authoritative astatine SMCH said the post-mortem reports were fixed by the infirmary to the police. “With the bodies being handed implicit to the police, we besides handed the post-mortem reports to them and it is for the constabulary to supply these to the families of the deceased,” said the official.
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