Imphal, July 6 -- Two separate incidents in Manipur's Thoubal district claimed two lives within 24 hours, with one involving the mysterious death of a 25-year-old man and the other a fatal road accident that killed a teenage boy and injured another youth.

In the first incident, the body of 25-year-old Sapam Swami was recovered near the Khekman Ningthibi Khong Canal on the morning of July 5. Swami, son of Sapam Khomei and a resident of Leisangthem Kelimakhong, had reportedly left home for work the previous morning but did not return.

Police, accompanied by forensic experts, recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem examination. The circumstances surrounding his death have sparked public outrage, prompting local residents to form a J...