Manipur: Meitei family members abducted from Jiribam were shot, show autopsy reports
A three-year-old boy had a bullet wound and lacerations, while his mother and grandmother suffered multiple bullet wounds, according to the reports.
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The post-mortem reports of three members of a Meitei family who were allegedly abducted by suspected Kuki militants in Manipur’s Jiribam district state that they were shot multiple times before being dumped in a river, The Hindu reported on Sunday.
On November 11, three women and three children, including an infant, went missing from Jiribam after violence during which suspected Kuki militants had set some shops on fire in the Jakuradhor Karong area. Meitei groups had alleged that the six persons were abducted by armed Hmar men.
Their bodies were found floating in the Jiri and Barak rivers between November 15 and November 18.
The post-mortem reports of three-year-old Chingkheinganba Singh, his mother L Heitonbi Devi, 25, and grandmother Y Rani Devi show that each of them had been shot, according to The Indian Express.
Singh had a bullet wound on his chin and multiple lacerations, suggesting blunt object injuries, reported The Hindu.
Devi had two bullet wounds on her back, while his grandmother Y Rani Devi suffered five bullet wounds, according to the reports.
On the day when they were abducted, suspected Kuki militants also attacked a Central Reserve Police Force post in Jakuradhor, after which ten of the suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces.
However, Kuki organisations have claimed that the individuals killed...
