Last rites of Yengkhom Jiten performed
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, September 14 2023:
Last rite of Yengkhom Jiten (49), son of Y Ato of Kakching Chumnang Leikai Shamballei Pareng, who was killed in alleged firing by Assam Rifles during the September 8 incident at Leimangai Chingjin near Pallel, was performed on Thursday.
His body which had been lying at JNIMS Morgue for some time now due to opposition by some Kakching bodies was claimed by his family members and Joint Action Committee Against the Killing of Innocent Yengkhom Jiten by Assam Rifles on Thursday and taken to Kakching Chumnang Leikai Machin Manao Chinglak near Wangkhei Meiraba Memorial for the last rite.
On the way, people lined up to pay floral tributes to his body and after a public tribute held at Kakching Chumnang Leikai Bus Parking his body was buried at Kakching Chumnang Leikai Machin Manao Chinglak near Wangkhei Meiraba Memorial.