Manipur: Four children from IDP relief camp drown in Tuitha River in Churachandpur

IMPHAL: Four children, including a girl, residing at a relief camp in Churachandpur district of Manipur, tragically drowned in the Tuitha River.

This was informed by official sources in Manipur on Wednesday (March 20).

The deceased children, aged between 4 and 9 years old, were the sons and daughter of internally displaced persons residing at the ECA Canan locality relief camp in Churachandpur district of Manipur.

The sources reported that the four children ventured out for washing at the river around 2 pm on Tuesday (March 19), in the absence of their parents.

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As they did not return, their parents became alarmed and initiated a search throughout the night.

The search, assisted by the police and locals, resumed the following day, and the bodies of the children were discovered drowned in the river around 7 am on Wednesday (March 20).

The deceased children have been identified as Lenchonghoi (9), daughter of Lunkholal; Lallenchung Lupho (6), son of Boishi; Thanggouhou (4), son of Ngaineichong; and Thongkhohou (6), son of Ngamgintha.