Chongtham Vikram Singh, a 54-year-old Manipuri musician, died after being assaulted outside his home in southeast Delhi on September 7. His postmortem report revealed that he succumbed to hemorrhagic shock resulting from blunt force trauma to the chest and abdomen. The incident occurred after he objected to disturbances in his neighborhood.
Doctors also reported fractured ribs and bleeding and blood clots around the fractures. The report mentions multiple abrasions on his head, face, neck, limbs, chest, abdomen and back. A splenic laceration was also found.
Chongtham was taken to Holy Family Hospital around 12:25am on Tuesday in an unconscious state, the report says. It adds that he died around 6:32am from hemorrhagic shock (internal bleeding). The 54-year-old musician was beaten to death for objecting to noise from a dhaba outside his house in southeast Delhi’s Kilokari village on September 7.
“Hemoperitoneum (internal bleeding) approx two litres with 160gm of clotted blood is present in the peritoneal (abdomen) cavity…” reads the report.
The suspects worked as dhaba staffers and delivery executives. Police are examining all aspects of the case, including whether there was any racial angle. Police arrested seven men and apprehended a juvenile, identifying the accused as Bharat Kumar (19), Pramod (26), Ramzan Khan (22), Deepanshu (21), Mohan Vishwakarma (32), Vijay (36) and Mannu (26). Police lodged a case under BNS Section 103 (2) (mob lynching and identity-based group murders). Earlier reporting noted: Manipuri musician beaten to death, fractures to 15 ribs among multiple injuries: Autopsy New Delhi: Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, who was allegedly beaten to death by eight people outside his home in Delhi, had suffered extensive injuries, including fractures to at least 15 ribs, his postmortem report revealed.
HT earlier reported that the FIR stated Chongtham was earlier “threatened” by the same accused when he asked them not to make noise. The accused allegedly told police they wanted to “teach Singh a lesson” after he objected to the commotion, but did not expect the assault to turn fatal.
