"To Keep Pot Boiling...": Supreme Court Slams Manipur Groups Over Delaying Burial, Cremation Of Unclaimed Bodies

The three-member committee headed by former high court judge Justice Gita Mittal in their report flagged pressure from civil society organisations (CSOs) on families not to bury their loved ones whose bodies are in mortuaries

A Supreme Court-appointed committee on the Manipur crisis has found many troubling actions by civil society organisations (CSOs) that contributed to prolonged ethnic tensions on the ground.

In a hearing on Tuesday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ordered the state government to give three days for people to claim unidentified bodies, and from Monday to ensure decent and dignified burial to the unidentified and unclaimed bodies.

The three-member committee headed by former high court judge Justice Gita Mittal in their report flagged pressure from the CSOs on families not to bury their loved ones whose bodies are in mortuaries, and vested interests who want tensions to remain simmering between communities to prevent peace and harmony from returning to Manipur.