Overview
- The 20-year-old was abducted on May 15, 2023 near an ATM in Imphal’s New Checkon area, assaulted at multiple locations including a Bishnupur hilltop, and escaped with help from an auto-rickshaw driver.
- Medical records cited by reporters document severe injuries and repeated treatment, including surgery in Guwahati on October 25, 2025, with her family linking her January 2026 death to lasting trauma.
- A zero FIR was filed in July 2023 and transferred to the CBI; a Porompat police officer and a Manipur-based lawyer say no arrests have been made.
- Kuki-Zo groups held a candlelight vigil in Churachandpur and called for justice, official recognition of the death as arising from the 2023 violence, and separate administrative safeguards.
- The FIR lists multiple IPC provisions and the SC/ST Act; the complaint alleges involvement of Meira Paibis and Arambai Tenggol, claims a Meitei women’s leader has denied as baseless.