IMPHAL, June 20: The dead body of a male recovered on Wednesday from the roadside some 200 meters away from the Youth Hostel, Khuman Lampak has been identified today by the mother of the deceased.
Concerned with the brutal death, different student bodies of the state including the All Manipur Students’ Union; the Tangkhul Katamnao Long, Imphal; the Tangkhul Naga Valley Students’ Association called a joint press conference at the AMSU office today.
The student bodies have jointly condemned the incident alleging the murder of the 17 year old and further demanded for a proper investigation from the state government.
Speaking to the media person Juli, AMSU hills secretary said that the dead body was identified by his mother yesterday evening at RIMS morgue.
The mother of the deceased told media persons that she was informed by a local meat seller about an unidentified dead body lying at the RIMS mortuary.
She said, the meat seller was informed about the dead body by a local ADC member who was in Imphal at the time.
She continued that her son had been missing since June 17 after he left home on a passenger vehicle along with a dog to sell it in Imphal and further attend to his father who is undergoing treatment at RIMS for burn injuries. He had remained traceless ever since till the time his dead body was identified last evening, the mother resented.
Post mortem was today conducted on the dead body in the presence of a Magistrate and later handed over to the family members.