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A mass burial of the bodies of 23 people who died during ethnic clashes was held at Phaijang village in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Friday..
Out of the 23 bodies, four were unidentified, a person associated with the burial process said...
The decision on the mass burial was made as per the wishes of the close relatives of the deceased, said Laldawnlian Varte, convenor of the Joint Philanthropic Organisations..
Other bodies would also be shifted to the respective hill districts where the deceased belonged to for the burial...
However, civil society organisations were preventing the relatives of the deceased from accepting the bodies, the report said.. (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)..
