Manipur: Autopsy Reports Reveal Multiple Bullet Wounds On Bodies Of 3 Killed In Jiribam

A three-year-old body who suspected Kuki militants killed revealed that he had several wounds. The autopsy was conducted in, Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Assam's Cachar district. 

These post-postmortem examinations were conducted in, Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Assam's Cachar district. 

Source : PTI

Autopsy reports of three of the six individuals killed in Manipur's Jiribam district by suspected Kuki militants revealed multiple bullet wounds and lacerations on different parts of their bodies, officials stated on Sunday.

The autopsy of three of six individuals killed in Manipur's Jiribam district by suspected Kuki militants revealed multiple bullet wounds and lacerations on different parts of their bodies. One of them was three-year-old Chingkheinganba Singh, whose report showed that his right eye was missing and he had a bullet wound in the skull.

The report also noted cut wounds, fractures in the chest, and lacerations on the forearm and other parts of his body. Signed on November 17, the report indicated that the child's body was in a "state of decomposition", according to a PTI. The cause of death would be pending until the receipt of the chemical analysis report of the viscera from the Directorate of Forensic Sciences in Guwahati.

These post-postmortem examinations were conducted in, Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Assam's Cachar district. 

His mother L Heitonbi Devi’s autopsy detailed that she had "three bullet wounds in the chest and one in the buttock". The 25-year-old was his mother, her body was brought to SMCH on November 18, around seven days after her death.

His grandmother Y Rani Devi, 60, has five bullet wounds — one in the skull, two in the chest, one in the abdomen, and one in the arm. Her body was brought almost five days after her death on November 17. The cause of Rani Devi's death is also not known yet.

According to PTI, the post-mortem reports of one more woman and two children are still pending.

The six persons belonging to the Meitei community had gone missing from a relief camp in Jiribam after a gunfight between security forces and suspected Kuki-Zo militants that resulted in the deaths of 10 insurgents on November 11.

Their bodies were found in the Jiri river in Jiribam district, and the nearby Barak river in Assam's Cachar over the next few days.