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Crime
Manipur CM Announces NIA Takes Over Investigation into Killing of Two Kuki Youths
✍️ India Today NE
🗓 10 Nov 2026, 03:37 AM
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Manipur Chief Minister Khemchand Singh has announced that the investigation into the killing of two Kuki youths has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency.
Manipur Chief Minister Khemchand Singh announced that the investigation into the killing of two Kuki youths has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The CM said the state police had initially taken up the case but, following the seriousness of the incident, it was handed over to the central agency.
The NIA will now conduct a comprehensive probe into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, which occurred in the state, according to the CM.
No further details about the motive or the identities of the perpetrators were disclosed at the time of the announcement.
The CM urged the public to cooperate with the investigators and assured that justice would be pursued.
The CM said the state police had initially taken up the case but, following the seriousness of the incident, it was handed over to the central agency.
The NIA will now conduct a comprehensive probe into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, which occurred in the state, according to the CM.
No further details about the motive or the identities of the perpetrators were disclosed at the time of the announcement.
The CM urged the public to cooperate with the investigators and assured that justice would be pursued.