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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Indian legislator severely injured during 2023 Manipur ethnic violence dies

A legislator from India’s ruling party died almost three years after he was severely injured in a mob assault at the outset of ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur. He was 61.

Pu Vungzagin Valte, a legislator from the Thanlon constituency, passed away at 2.19pm on Saturday at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram in Haryana, where he had been receiving intensive medical care.

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