GUWAHATI: Manipur Kuki-Zo MLA Vungzagin Valte died at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram after a long battle with injuries sustained during the bloody ethnic violence in 2023. A three-time legislator from Thanlon constituency in Churachandpur district, Valte was attacked by a mob in the state capital Imphal on May 4, 2023, the second day of the violence that erupted between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribals. He was returning home after attending a meeting called by then Chief Minister N Biren Singh when the attackers struck. He returned home in Churachandpur in April last year after undergoing treatment for nearly two years. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh mourned his death.

Source: Indian Express February 22, 2026 02:42 UTC