Guwahati, May 16 -- The Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress (MPYC) has formally requested the Governor of Manipur to initiate an independent inquiry into the death of Abiel Salchiana Ch. Marak, a nursing student from Meghalaya, whom authorities found dead in her hostel room at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, on May 14, 2025.

Notably, RIMS authority found Abiel, a 4th-semester B.Sc nursing student from the Garo Hills region of Meghalaya, deceased in her RIMS Imphal hostel room.

The MPYC, in a letter to the Manipur Governor, expressed profound sorrow and raised serious concerns regarding the safety and welfare of students from tribal and minority communities studying outside their home states.

The youth body asser...