Manipur violence: Prohibit civil society organisations from 'interfering' with compensation process, says SC panel


At least 38 families have refused to accept the government's Rs 10 lakh compensation for those dead in the Manipur ethnic violence, according to the Supreme Court-appointed panel. The compensation has been made as a direct benefit transfer in 73 cases of 169 identified cases. The Supreme Court-appointed panel is learnt to have sought directions from the court to “prohibit” civil society organisations from “interfering with and/or obstructing” with the process. The state government is learnt to have told the committee that efforts are underway to identify the six remaining bodies.


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