"What Wrong Did They Do?": NDTV Speaks to Grieving Parents of Manipur Teens Kidnapped and Killed

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:02pm on 26 Sep 2023,Tuesday India

The parents of a 17-year-old boy abducted in conflict-torn Manipur had held out hope for over two months that he would return, reported NDTV. But photos emerged this week showing their son and a girl his age dead in an armed group's jungle camp. "Did they do anything wrong?" the devastated father asked, saying the teens were commuting when kidnapped. The photos show the captives sitting with armed men, then dead on the ground. The parents had kept laying out breakfast for their son each morning, hoping he would come back. Now they will stop, they told NDTV, after the photos shattered their hopes, though the Manipur government has promised swift action.

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