Guwahati: The bodies of 60 people killed in the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur were on Thursday airlifted from morgues in Imphal hospitals and delivered to two hill districts, marking an end to months of speculation and possibly the beginning of a closure for the victims’ families.
The bodies, which were lying at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), both located in Imphal, were shifted in helicopters to Kangpokpi and Churachandpur, both districts dominated by the Kuki community.
According to representatives of Kuki organisations, till 2:30 pm, 41 of those bodies had been transported to Churchandpur at the Assam Rifles helipad in four trips. The other 19 bodies were shifted to Motbung in Kangpokpi.
“They were brought in multiple batches by helicopters from Imphal. The last rites for the victims will take place tomorrow at the martyrs’ memorial cemetery at Phaijang village near Motbung,” said a representative of Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU), a Kuki group active in Kangpokpi.
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