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GUWAHATI
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) said the lawsuit relating to the sidesplitting of a Meitei antheral by suspected Kuki extremists was being handed implicit to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a thorough and impartial probe.
A connection issued by the Raj Bhavan successful the State capital, Imphal, precocious connected Thursday nighttime said the Governor informed the bereaved household of 29-year-old Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh of the determination to person the NIA analyse his killing.
Singh, who had visited his Kuki woman astatine Tuibong successful Churachandpur district, was abducted by suspected United Kuki National Army extremists and changeable connected camera. The sidesplitting triggered hostility successful the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley, peculiarly successful his location territory of Kakching.
Late connected Thursday evening, members of a Joint Action Committee (JAC) led by Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, on with MLAs Thokchom Lokeshwar Singh and Kangujam Ranjit Singh, called connected the Governor and submitted a memorandum seeking due enactment against those liable for Rishikanta Singh’s death. The JAC included household members of the deceased.
Apart from assuring the delegation that the lawsuit was being handed implicit to the NIA, the Governor said State and Central forces were carrying retired intensive combing operations to apprehend the culprits.
The Governor reiterated his “profound regret” implicit the “tragic nonaccomplishment of life” and said each indispensable measures were being taken successful accordance with the law.
