IMPHAL, Feb. 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vungzagin Valte, who sustained grievous injuries in a mob attack in the early days of the ethnic violence in May 2023, was flown out of Manipur state capital Imphal in an air ambulance on Sunday, chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh's office said in a statement.

"Kuki-Zo MLA Shri Vungzagin Valte was airlifted today from Imphal to New Delhi for treatment at Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram. Shri Valte, who sustained grievous injuries during the May 2023 violence in Imphal, had been staying in Churachandpur following prolonged treatment in Delhi," his office said.

Valte, a former minister in the previous N Biren Singh-led government, was attacked in Imphal in the initial days o...