Manipur musician dies of internal bleeding after assault: Post-mortem report

Chongtham Vikram Singh was assaulted after objecting to noise outside his Kilokari home. The post-mortem report has detailed the injuries as police examine all angles of the case.Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh.A post-mortem examination has found that Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh died from massive internal bleeding caused by severe trauma to his chest and abdomen, according to the report released on Thursday. The 54-year-old was attacked by a group of men on Sunday after he confronted them over noise outside his house.A senior police officer said the attackers kicked and beat Singh on his chest and abdomen even after he had fallen to the ground. The post-mortem findings have established the nature of the injuries he sustained during the assault.Dr Sudhir Gupta, Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS, said the injuries to Singh's chest and abdomen resulted in extensive internal bleeding, ultimately causing his death.The AIIMS post-mortem report found fractures of the first to 11th ribs on the left side and the sixth to ninth ribs on the right side, with bleeding and blood clots around the fractures. A splenic laceration was also found. According to police, Singh, who was taken to Holy Family Hospital at around 12:25 am that day after being assaulted and reached the hospital at around 1:30 am, initially responded positively to treatment but subsequently suffered a haemorrhage and died at around 6:32 am.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). The accused told police during questioning that they wanted to "teach him a lesson" after Singh objected to noise and commotion outside his home but did not expect the assault to turn fatal.Singh had on some occasions complained to the owner of a nearby dhaba about the noise caused by people gathering there, a senior police officer said. However, police had not received any formal complaint from Singh regarding the noise.The dhaba remained open until around midnight and attracted customers from neighbouring areas as well as students living in the vicinity, police said.The incident took place around 11:30 pm when Singh went downstairs after hearing a commotion outside his home. In a complaint, the deceased's 20-year-old son, Yaiphaba, said when he heard his father shouting, he opened the door and saw a group of men kicking and punching him. Singh subsequently returned upstairs but complained of breathlessness and was taken to the hospital by his son.Police are examining all aspects of the case, including whether there was any racial angle. So far, the investigation has not revealed any instance of a racial slur being used against Singh during the altercation, a police source said.The FIR registered at Sunlight Colony police station on the complaint of Singh's son mentions Section 103(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, on murder in circumstances covered by the provision.- EndsWith Agency inputsPublished On: Sep 10, 2026 23:35 IST