37-year-old man goes missing in Manipur; sit-in protest staged

Imphal: In a fresh missing case in this ethnic strife state, a sit-in-protest against the missing of Khangembam Apamba Singh was organized at Thangmeiband, near the Manipur Legislative Assembly on Saturday.

The whereabouts of Khangenbam Apamba, 37, a resident of Thangmeiband Khomdram Selungba Leikai, in Imphal West District is yet to be established after he crossed Imphal West District and entered the red zone in Kangpokpi district, predominantly inhabited by the Kuki communities on April 19.

The CCTV footage installed at the police stations on National Highway 102 showed that he crossed the red zone after casting his vote for the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha elections on April 19.

To find out about the missing man’s whereabouts, several voluntary organizations formed a Joint Committee of Khangemba Apamba Singh, Imphal on April 23, 2024.

The committee organised the protest demanding the government find the missing person at the earliest.

Elangbam Joykumar, the Committee spokesperson told the media that the representatives of the Committee met the Chief Minister N Biren Singh recently and demanded to rescue the missing person. N Biren Singh disclosed that with the renewed missing case of Apamba, a total of 29 individuals remain on the missing list amidst the ongoing communal violence between the Kukis and Meiteis in the state that erupted on May 3, 2023.

Out of the 64 missing cases, the CM disclosed that 26 individuals were discovered deceased, while nine were successfully located alive.