There are 96 unclaimed bodies while the rest have been claimed by the next of kin of the killed persons, the officer said
Imphal : Inspector General of Police, (Operation), Manipur police, Dr. IK Muivah on Thursday said that a total of 175 persons including women and children lost their lives as of September 14, 2023, in the ongoing communal carnage. The senior police officer was talking to newsmen at the Manipur police headquarters, Imphal on Thursday.
There are 96 unclaimed bodies while the rest have been claimed by the next of kin of the killed persons, the officer said. 42 unclaimed bodies are at present lying at the Churachandpur district hospital, 28 at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, and 26 at the state government-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.
A total of 32 persons are on the missing lists so far and 1108 persons including women and children sustained injuries in the violence, the officer added.