Of the 166 civilians killed in the Manipur violence, 98 have been identified as members of the Kuki-Zo community while 67 hailed from the Meitei community, revealed information provided by the Manipur government to a Supreme Court appointed committee. In addition, one woman was from the Naga community. In all, nineteen women from both communities (Kuki-Zo and Meitei) were killed in the ethnic violence till October 7.
The data from May 3 to October 7 shows that the families of less than half of all the victims have received compensation between ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh, while 38 families, including one Meitei family, have refused to accept any compensation from the government. The State government said it was trying to convince the families to accept the compensation. Data also shows that most of those killed were in the age group of 30 to 40 years while five were minors, including a seven-year-old boy.
Of the 72 families from the two communities that received compensation, 28 are Kuki-Zo while 44 are from the Meitei community. While families of less than 30% of the Kuki-Zo victims have received the compensation due to them, families of nearly 65% of the Meitei victims have received theirs, according to The Hindu’s analysis of the data.
