Imphal, Nov. 10 -- The newly formed Joint Action Committee (JAC) has given the Manipur government 48 hours to investigate the suspicious death of a 15-year-old boarding student and arrest all suspects.

During a mass sit-in protest on Monday, the committee warned that it would launch statewide agitations if the demands were not met.

The student, who lived at the boarding facility of Brighter Academy in Nambol Oinam, was found hanging near the Kangbei Maril River by Oinam Bazar on November 7.

His family and the JAC alleged foul play, claiming that he had been physically assaulted and killed and that his death was made to look like suicide.

Speaking at a press briefing at the Heinoubok Loyalakpa Youth Club, the boy's mother said the fami...