Manipur: CBI to investigate case of boy, kin burnt alive in ambulance

The incident of a seven-year-old boy being burnt alive along with his mother and aunt are among the 20 cases handed over by the Manipur police to the Central Bureau of Învestigation (CBI), which has begun its probe into the ethnic clashes that erupted in the state on May 3, officials said.

The clashes broke out between Kukis and Meiteis after a "Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. At least 155 people have been killed and several hundreds injured in the violence.

The boy, Tonsing Hangsing, was killed when an ambulance being escorted by police was attacked by a mob and set ablaze in West Imphal district's Iroisemba on June 4. His mother and aunt - Meena Hangsing and Lydia Lourembam were taking him to a hospital in the Manipur capital after he suffered a bullet injury in his head during a shootout. While the boy's mother was from the Meitei community, his father was a Kuki.