The Central Bureau of Investigation Special Director, Ajay Bhatnagar, will be leaving for Manipur on Wednesday by a special flight along with a team of officers to probe the suspected death of two Meitei students, said agency sources.
Photos of their bodies surfaced on social media days after mobile Internet was restored in the State. The students had gone missing near Bishnupur on July 6. Their bodies are yet to be found.
The two friends are suspected to have been abducted by “Kuki armed miscreants”, according to a status report submitted by the Manipur government in the Supreme Court in August.
In one of the photos, the two friends are seen sitting next to each other, with armed men in the background. In another photo, their bodies are seen lying near a rock.
The Manipur government issued a statement late on September 25 that the State police, in collaboration with the Central security agencies, are actively investigating the case to determine the circumstances surrounding their disappearance and to identify the perpetrators who murdered the two students. A hunt has been launched to nab those involved in the kidnapping and killing.
