Toll due to violence in Manipur rises to 65

The toll due to the violence between the Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur on Monday rose to 65.

However, no major fresh violence has been reported in the state in the past two days.

Health authorities at the district hospital in Churachandpur and the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal East district told Scroll that they had received two bodies each in the last two days.

With this, the number of deaths reported from the district hospital in Churachandpur has reached 14. Sixteen fatalities have been reported from the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that a high-level inquiry will be conducted to fix responsibility on persons and groups who instigated the violence and government officials who abdicated their responsibilities.

Singh also announced that the government will pay an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh to the families of those who died in the violence. Those who sustained grievous injuries will get Rs 2 lakh each, while those who suffered minor injuries will get Rs 25,000 each.

The chief minister also announced that the government will pay up to Rs 2 lakh as relief for families whose houses were burned down. Houses that were burned down or damaged will be rebuilt, he said.

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