Displaced person falls from bridge, dies
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, June 22 2023:
A displaced person from Moreh, identified as Saikhom Naocha (24), son of (late) S Ibomcha of Moreh Khu nou Ward No.7, died on Thursday after he fell from Thoubal bridge.
Naocha, who had been taking refuge at Lamding Higher Secondary School relief camp, was rescued by some locals and Thoubal police and taken to Thoubal District Hospital but was declared brought dead.
According to eye witnesses, the mishap happened around 3:30 pm as Naocha was walking across the bridge for his new workplace at Thoubal Ningombam with a friend after returning from meeting his brother at Kongba.
However, he slipped and fell through a gap between two sections of the bridge which did not have any railing.