Overview
- Valte died at a private Gurugram hospital after a February 8 airlift from Imphal and a week on ventilator support.
- He was a three-time MLA from Thanlon, a former minister, and an adviser on tribal affairs to then chief minister N. Biren Singh.
- The May 4, 2023 attack occurred in Imphal as he returned from a meeting at the chief minister’s office, and his driver later died.
- An FIR based on his security officer’s complaint named unknown assailants, and no arrests have been reported to date.
- Leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh offered condolences, while previous correspondence from Valte to the PM alleged a Meitei militia’s role and sought a higher-level probe.