Hours after a Manipuri musician was beaten to death in Delhi, his son recounted the events of the night.
A 54-year-old Manipuri guitarist and music teacher died in Delhi after being beaten up by some people outside his residence in Kilokari village late on Sunday. Vikram was a well-known guitarist from Manipur, had been working as a private music teacher in Delhi for the past 17 years. He is survived by his wife Joshna Chongtham, 50, and their 20-year-old son, Yaiphaba Chongtham.
“Those people ran away. Seven men have been arrested and a minor has also been detained in connection with the case.
Yaiphaba, the son of musician-guitarist Chongtham Vikram Singh , said that a group of people were having alcohol and making noise outside their residence and his father was attacked when he went to intervene. I took my father to the emergency room, where the doctor told us that his chances of survival were slim. Later, the doctor told us that he had died,” the son further said.
On his trip downstairs to throw garbage, he saw a group of workers from two nearby dhabas shouting and creating a commotion, and intervened to stop them. Chongtham Vikram Singh to a private hospital in Okhla, where he died during treatment. As stated in an earlier HT report, the musician was allegedly murdered after he raised objection to commotion and noise outside his home at around 11.30pm on Sunday. Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Vineet Kumar said Sunlight Colony police station received a call about the assault at 1.38am on Monday.
“They chased him to the third floor, overpowered him in the corridor and rained blows on him before fleeing,” said B Ruchida Sharma, a Manipuri social activist who works with people from the Northeast in Delhi.
