Imphal: The woman who has been at the ICU of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Imphal, due to suffocation of tear gas of the shell fired during a scuffle between security forces and agitators who were demanding to hand over Unified Command to Manipur government to fight external aggressors, passed away on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on September 11 evening.
The woman was Laishram Sanjita, 34, of Uripok wife of Naorem Dipak of Singjamei Kakwa Naorem Leikai, Imphal West.
Sanjita was in her third trimester and her baby was delivered on September 14 and died. RIMS claimed that the foetus was delivered normally.
Sanjita had been undergoing treatment with ventilator support, remaining in critical condition. The RIMS authorities declared her dead on Wednesday at around 2:28 p.m. Her body was admitted to the mortuary after obtaining consent from her husband and family members.
As per the demand of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed in connection with the incident, an autopsy was conducted in the presence of an executive magistrate.
The JAC met with chief minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday and submitted a memorandum demanding the cessation of excessive force by security personnel against protestors and financial assistance for the treatment of Sanjita and others affected.
On Wednesday evening, the action committee met Biren, and accepted the demands, which included taking Sanjita’s body from the RIMS morgue at 11 a.m. on Thursday, honoring both the mother and child with the title ‘Athouba,’ and to provide ex-gratia.
In response to the demands, sub-divisional police officer of Singjamei Police Station, K. Sunderbala, has been transferred to the Vigilance department as deputy superintendent of police.
William, the convenor of the action committee, stated that Sanjita’s body would be received on Thursday for her last rites at Kakwa.
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