Phambei sets condition for handing over Kuki bodies
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, October 15 2023:
Phambei, Yairipok Bamol Leikai has categorically stated that the bodies of Kukis lying at the mortuaries of RIMS and JNIMS should not be handed over until the mortal remains of Meeteis, who are missing in the ongoing conflict/attack by Kuki militants are handed over to their respective families.
Phambei offered prayers and performed rituals to seek blessing of the almighty on Sunday along with paying tributes to those who laid down their lives for protecting the integrity of Manipur.
Speaking in this regard, Phambei Yairipok member Hidam Sanjoy expressed remorse that bodies of the two students, among others, have not yet been recovered even though those involved in the duo's killing have been arrested.
Urging to hand over the bodies of the two students to their respective bereaved families at the earliest, he' said that bodies of Kukis lying at the mortuaries in Imphal should not be handed over until bodies of the missing Meeteis are retrieved.