IMPHAL: A 36-year-old man,
displaced
by the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, allegedly died by suicide in
Bishnupur district
's Kwakta area on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as
Angom Premkumar
of Churachandpur district, was found hanging at his pre-fabricated relief house around 9.15 pm, sources said.
Police have registered a case of unnatural death and sent the body for autopsy.
The reason behind Angom's death could not be ascertained.
Since the
communal clashes
broke out in the state on May 3 last year, the deceased and his family took shelter at a
relief camp
in Bishnupur. Angom worked as a daily wager and is survived by his wife and two children.
A team of Congress leaders, comprising the party's state in-charge Girish Chodankar and Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) working president Victor Keishing, visited Angom's family at the relief camp on Sunday and provided monetary aid to them. The leadersalso paid their condolences to the family, an MPCC functionary said.
Around 60,000 people have been displaced by the strife and they are currently taking refuge at relief camps and pre-fabricated houses, set up by govt, across the state.
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