Four Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) minors staying with their parents at S Canaan Veng Relief Camp run by Kuki Khanglai Lompi were found drowned in the Tuitha/Khuga River and their bodies recovered early Wednesday morning.
They were found missing late Tuesday night and their dead bodies were fished out from the river early Wednesday morning.
The drowned children were identified as baby Hathoihthem @Lenchonghoih (9), Baby Lallenchung Lupho (6), both daughter and son of Lunkholal Lupho respectively from Kangpokpi district, Baby Thangkhohou Haokip (6), son of Ngamginthang from Sugnu area of Churachandpur district and Baby Thangkhohou Haokip (4), son of Thangminjang Haokip from Tengnoupal district.
Sources said that the four children were believed to have gone to the river to bathe while their parents were away to earn some money. As the children were not found last night, a frantic search was made which eventually led to the recovery of their dead bodies below a bridge near Ebenezer Veng around 8 am on Wednesday.
The search for the missing children was zeroed at the river side after some of their dresses and belongings were found near the river bank in the morning. As the children and their parents were staying in a relief camp a funeral programme was held today at KKL Complex, IB Road after which they were buried at KKL Cemetery in the afternoon.
