Manipur Orders Magisterial Inquiry Into May 6 Incident

Imphal, May 18 : The Manipur government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the May 6 incident in which two Naga students were killed by Manipur Police Commando’s while trying to receive NSCN-IM leader T Muivah at Mao gate along the border with Nagaland.

In a official notification dated yesterday and issued to the media today, the government said the inquiry, to be headed by Senapati district magistrate Nidhi Kesarwani, would find facts and circumstances that led to the incident.

The inquiry would recommend to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the future, said the notification signed by Kesarwani.

Earlier reports quoting official sources had said that Loshua Mao (20) and Chakho Mao (20) were killed in a stampede after police opened fire in the air to disperse the violent crowd. But later reports did not mention about the stampede or police firing.

The report of post mortem was not disclosed by the officials.