Rush Hour: Six Naga hostages found dead, Congress says Rajya Sabha candidate wrongly rejected & more

The bodies of the six Naga men who had been abducted on May 13, allegedly by armed Kuki groups, have been recovered, the Manipur Police said. This came a day after 14 Kukis who had been abducted the same day were released.

The police stated that the bodies were recovered after “nearly 24 hours of sustained search operations”. An investigation into the deaths was underway, they added.

At least 48 civilians from the Kuki and Naga communities had been taken hostage by armed groups in the state’s Kangpokpi and Senapati districts after three church leaders were killed and five others injured. Read on.

The Congress told the Election Commission that the returning officer had wrongly rejected the nomination of party leader Meenakshi Natarajan for the Rajya Sabha elections. Natarajan was the Congress’ sole candidate for the June 18 polls.

Her candidature had been rejected after the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that she had withheld information in her affidavit about a criminal case pending against her.

After meeting the poll panel, the Congress stated that “there is no criminal case that she could have disclosed” as the court was yet to take cognisance of the matter flagged by the BJP. The Election Commission must use its constitutional powers to do “corrective justice” immediately, the...

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