Joujangtek likened to Bermuda Triangle
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 03 2025: Linked to cases of missing students, the Kuki village of Joujangtek has been compared with the "Bermuda Triangle" in the Parliament.

In the Parliament today during the Zero Hour, MP Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam remarked that Joujangtek village has started to "resemble" the Bermuda Triangle where people vanish without a trace.

The MP was raising the issues regarding disappearance of Luwangthem Mukesh, Linthoingambi Hijam and Phijam Hemanjit in the Parliament when he made the remark.

Seeking the attention of the Parliament, Dr Bimol urged the Government to take decisive actions to address the missing cases and said, "It is the fundamental duty of the State to protect lives and ensure the safety of its citizens" .

Luwangthem Mukesh went missing on March 16, 2025 while Linthoingambi Hijam and Phijam Hemanjit went missing on July 6, 2023 .

Their last locations were all traced to Joujangtek village.

The place has started to resemble the Bermuda Triangle, where people vanish without a trace, Dr Bimol stressed.

He urged the Government authorities to take immediate and decisive action to address the disturbing incidents (missing cases) .

The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the North Atlantic Ocean where ships and planes have reportedly disappeared.

Also known as the "Devil's Triangle", it is bound by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

Significantly, Joujangtek village has been the focus of many search operations, conducted by security forces to trace the missing students including Luwangthem Mukesh.

Mukesh hails from Keishampat Leimajam Leikai.

His mobile phone location was detected in Joujangtek area during a police investigation.

Days after he went missing, security forces conducted a search operation at Joujangtek on March 19, 2025 .

Similarly, security forces also conducted a search operation at Joujangtek in the case of Phijam Hemanjit and Linthoingambi Hijam, who went missing on July 6, 2023 .

In the case of Phijam Hemanjit and Linthoingambi Hijam, two photographs of the teenagers--one showing them alive in captivity of armed Kuki men and the other showing their suspected lifeless bodies lying on ground--surfaced on social media on September 25, 2023, over two months after they went missing.

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