Jiribam victims remembered Massacre of 6 including 3 kids continues to haunt

Our Correspondent/OSR
JIRI/IMP, Nov 11: The Jakuradhor abduction and massacre of three women and three children in Jiribam in 2024 marked one year today.
Remembering the victims of the heinous crime and calling for justice, people in Jiribam held massive candle light vigils today.
Candles were lit in all houses and at the graveyards of the six victims.
Notably, on this day in 2024, Kuki militants attacked the Borobekra neighbourhood, killed two civilians, and abducted the 6 women and children.
Days later, the six including the children, an 8-year-old girl, 2.5 year-old boy and an 8-month-old boy, were found floating in the Barak River.
The bodies of a woman and two children were first found floating in the river on November 15, 2024. The bodies had marks of torture.
The six were Yurembam Rani Devi (female 68 years), Telem Thoibi Devi (female 31 years),  Laishram Heitombi Devi (female 25 years), Telem Thajamanbi Devi (female 8 years), Laishram Chingkhei Nganba Singh (male 2.5 years) and Laishram Lamnganba Singh (male 8 months).
The two others who were killed in the Kuki militants' attack were Laishram Barel (male 63 years) and Maibam Kehso Singh (Male 71 years).
A year later, let's revisit how the massacre unfolded in Jiribam's Jakuradhor, under Borobekra police station.
On the fateful day, Kuki militants first launched a daring attack at the Borobekra police station, where a relief camp for displaced persons was opened.
As the militants fanned out in the neighbourhood and began burning houses, a fierce gunfight then ensued after CRPF personnel stationed in the area retaliated.
In the retaliatory fire, the CRPF personnel gunned down 10 Kuki militants, the bodies of whom were recovered later.
While the attack was ongoing, Kuki militants in the Jakuradhor pocket abducted the three women and three children.
Locals at the time claimed the six were abducted and taken away on a boat.
While Kuki civil bodies condemned the killing of 10 militants in CRPF's retaliatory fire, the whereabouts of the six remained unknown.
Even as people were appealing to the State Government and the police to trace the whereabouts, a photograph of the six in captivity of Kuki militants surfaced on social media, causing public outrage.
In the photograph, the women and the children were seen visibly afraid.
As all hopes were pinned on the Centre and the State Government to secure their safe release, days after their abduction, the bodies of the six were found floating one after the other in the Barak River, starting on November 15, 2024.
Police and security forces recovered the bodies from the river and sent them to a hospital in Silchar for postmortem.
Months later in July 2025, the National Investigation said it has made a breakthrough in the case and arrested one suspect.
The suspect was identified as Thanglienlal Hmar alias Boya.
The NIA had said that Thanglienlal Hmar, a resident of Assam's Cachar district, "was actively involved in the conspiracy and execution of the horrendous crime."