IMPHAL/SILCHAR — Assam’s Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) on Friday handed over the bodies of nine victims of Manipur violence to their families. L Uttam Singh, family member of one of the victims, said that he received the six bodies from the SMCH and was taken to Manipur by road. On November 11, six victims were kidnapped in Manipur’s Jiribam district and later killed by the militants. The SMCH authority also handed over the bodies of three more victims to their families on Friday. They were also killed in separate violence in Manipur. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) representing the families of the victims of the killings in Jiribam on Thursday has announced its decision to claim the bodies of the deceased lying in SMCH. JAC Convenor Shyamkumar Mutum said that the state government has given them assurances to address their demands which include punishing the perpetrators. The state government already “discontinued” the service of Senior Superintendent of Police Nectar Sanjenbam, who is accused of firing in Jiribam district on November 17 killing Kh. Athouba, who participated in a protest against the abduction and killing of three children and three women in the district. The state government also constituted...