IMPHAL, March 3 -- A 17-year-old Class 12 student, who had been living in a relief camp since the onset of the Manipur crisis in May 2023, was found dead on Tuesday. Officials said the girl appeared to have taken her own life at the Leimaram high school relief camp in Bishnupur district.

The girl was a resident of Leimaram Waroiching but had been displaced to the school-turned-shelter nearly three years ago. At the time of her death, she was appearing for her higher secondary examinations, which began on February 17.

No suicide note has been found. But the girl recently told her family that she longed to go home.

"A few days back, the girl told her family members to get back to their home, and that she does not want to stay at the reli...