GUWAHATI: Three decomposed bodies were found near the Manipur-Assam border on Friday, days after six members of Meities- three women and three children including an infant – continued to remain missing in Jiribam district.According to the officials, the bodies are yet to be identified, and they were brought to Assam’s Silchar Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem on Friday evening.The six persons – all Meiteis – were reported missing from Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday. Jiribam shares its border with Assam’s Cachar district of which Silchar is the headquarters.The news of the recovery of the bodies came at a time when various organisations as well as political parties are mounting pressure on the state government to rescue the six, allegedly abducted by the militants.Following the missing incident, 13 civil society organisations conducted a shutdown in the Imphal valley last Wednesday, demanding government intervention to secure the release of the six persons.
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