Four people were arrested and two have been detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the horrific murder of two students in the strife-hit Manipur. Four arrested include two men and two women and the detainees are two girls. The state police in a joint operation with the Central probe agency nabbed the culprits from the hill district Churachandpur.

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Manipur Chief Minister N.Biren Singh took to social media platform X (previously Twitter) to divulge the details of the police action. Singh also assured capital punishment for the culprits. “I’m pleased to share that some of the main culprits responsible for the abduction and murder of Phijam Hemanjit and Hijam Linthoingambi have been arrested from Churachandpur today. As the saying goes, one may abscond after committing the crime, but they cannot escape the long hands of the law. We are committed to ensuring maximum punishment, including capital punishment, for the heinous crime they have committed,” he wrote.

Several pictures of two Maitei youths allegedly killed after abduction in violence-hit Manipur sparked a fresh spree of unrest in the state. Following the incident, thousands of students gathered to protest seeking justice for them.

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Students stage a protest against the death of two youths and demand peace in violence-hit Manipur, in Imphal on Wednesday. ANI File

Taking note of the rising law and order situation, authorities shut down internet services in the state for five days. Besides, the Manipur government declared the entire state a ‘disturbed area’ while enforcing AFSPA across the state for six months barring an area under 19 police stations in the valley. Government and private schools were closed across the state.

Parents of the slain students pleaded with authorities to provide them with the mortal remains of their children to perform their last rites ‘with the dignity they deserve’.

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 While talking to the news agency PTI, Hijam Kulajit, the 18-year-old girl's father, said as per Maitei customs, they need at least a piece of cloth to perform the last rites of their children. He also said though the loss cannot be substituted, they wish to see them one last time and perform their rites with dignity. 

He also said he couldn’t find peace since he saw the photo of his daughter and her mother has been bed-ridden since then.

Similarly, the mother of the 20-year-old teenager couldn’t believe that her son would never return. She still cooks for him believing he will return. She said she hadn’t washed his son’s blanket for the last two-and-a-half months as she gets a sense of his smell in it, PTI reported her as saying. 

 


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