India, Feb. 20 -- Vungzagin Valte, a prominent Kuki-Zo legislator and former Manipur Minister, died on Friday after battling injuries sustained during the 2023 ethnic violence. He was 61.

Valte, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from the Thanlon Assembly constituency in Pherzawl district, had been under prolonged medical care since he was assaulted by a mob in Imphal on May 4, 2023. The attack occurred when he was returning from a meeting with the then Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, on the second day of the violence that engulfed the state.

He had been in and out of critical care over the past three years. Earlier this month, Valte was airlifted from Imphal to the National Capital Region (NCR) for advanced treatment. He passed away at ...