{"id":193153,"date":"2026-01-23T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=193153"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:49:18","slug":"man-killed-in-manipurs-churachandpur-district-purported-video-of-incident-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/23\/man-killed-in-manipurs-churachandpur-district-purported-video-of-incident-goes-viral.html","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in Manipur&#8217;s Churachandpur district; purported video of incident goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193154\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/man-killed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/man-killed1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/man-killed1-387x220.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: After several months, strife-torn Manipur witnessed another murder as a man was abducted and subsequently shot dead in Churachandpur district, with a purported video of the incident going viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian media reported the man has been identified as Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh who belongs to the Meitei community and was abducted along with his Kuki wife Chingnu Haokip, from their home in the Tuibong area of Churachandpur district on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The killing comes amid speculations about the possible formation of the government in the hill state which has been under President\u2019s rule since February 13 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh was shot dead, his wife was let off. In the purported video of the killing, a man is seen sitting on the ground and pleading with folded hands before individuals, who cannot be seen in the footage. A burst of fire followed moments later and the body lay on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The body was recovered by the police and a suo motu case has been registered.<\/p>\n<p>Singh had taken up the tribal name of Ginminthang after his marriage. As per reports, he was employed in Nepal and returned home just three days ago. Some Kuki groups had reportedly allowed him to stay with his Kuki wife.<\/p>\n<p>The ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities have resulted in the deaths of 260 people and the displacement of 60,000 others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: After several months, strife-torn Manipur witnessed another murder as a man was abducted and subsequently shot dead in Churachandpur district, with a purported video of the incident going viral on social media. According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian media reported the man has been identified as Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh who belongs to the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/man-killed1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193155,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193153\/revisions\/193155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}