Kiren Rijju visits AIIMS over Manipur student death case

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijju visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Monday over the case of a 30-year-old man from Manipur who was beaten to death overnight.

Expressing grief over the incident, Rijju described it as an unfortunate incident, but said that the police action has been quite swift in taking action.

"I have personally seen it and I am very upset that such an incident took place. It was a brutal attack but the police action has been quite swift and a four member committee of doctors has been constituted, they are preparing their medical report so hopefully by night or tomorrow morning we will get a complete report from the medical side. In the meantime I am very hopeful that our police team is on the job," said Rijju.

He added that the incident appears to be pre-planned.

"What appears to us is that the incident and attack seem to be pre-meditated, pre-planned, that's what I can say as of now. The police is looking after all angles so only after the full report is available then I will be able to make any comment but we all are concerned and I have told the family members also that we are completely with the deceased and his family members and we sympathies with them," Rijju added.

Rijju also told the media, "The committee which has been formed for the people from northeast has submitted their report to us and or Home Ministry is analyzing it. We will soon try to implement it through our Ministry because it's a very comprehensive report and it will take time in implementing as many points have come up through that. We are also trying to avoid such incidents."

A 30-year-old man from Manipur was allegedly beaten to death by a group of locals overnight in the city's Kotla Mubarakpur area.

The brutal incident took place reportedly at 2.30 a.m. when the Manipur man named Saloni was brought dead to AIIMS hospital. A legal process would be inquired by the police in this matter.

Earlier today, Manipuris residing in Delhi protested outside the police station in Kotla Mubarakpur area against Saloni's death.