JAC refuses to claim body
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 09 2026:
The body of Khundongbam Manda will not be claimed until the case regarding her death is solved, the Joint Action Committee and family members have said in a statement.
Even though the Government and the police have formed an SIT and picked up Manda's husband, as demanded by the JAC, the circumstances surrounding the death have not been ascertained.
Until the truth of the case is revealed, the JAC will not claim the body, the committee said in a statement.
Khundongbam Manda, 23, hailed from Heirok and was married to Lourembam Kiyamba of Mayang Imphal Bazar.
She was found hanging in her bedroom at their residence on November 5 .
While the police have formed a Special Investigation Team, arrested the husband and conducted a postmortem, the case is yet to be solved.
The police should sincerely and transparently probe the case and solve the circumstances surrounding the death within 5 days, the JAC has said.
Demanding justice and demonstrating public protest, women of Heirok will don black badges on Ningol Chakkouba, it said.
The festival in Heirok will be scaled back in memory of Manda, it added.




