Imphal, Sep 05: With a 70 year old man, hurt in the August 16 blast at ISKCON temple complex, succumbing at a private medical centre today the total death toll in the terror attack has gone up to six.

The elderly blast victim has been identified as Khundongbam Ningthemjao of Kwakeithel Heinoukhongnembi.

Ningthemjao, who sustained bomb splinter wounds in the throat and abdomen areas, was initially hospitalised at RIMS before being shifted to Catholic Medical Centre, Koirengei where the 70 year old breathed his last at around noon today.

The body has been handed over to family members after post mortem at RIMS morgue.

It may be mentioned that one person died on the spot in the bomb attack, two failed to respond to treatment at RIMS, another succumbed at Langol's Shija Hospital (private) while a girl victim also passed away at Shijao hospitals on August 18. Body taken amid two rallies: Rallies were staged before and after the body of Longjam Surjit Singh was brought from RIMs morgue today even as the local people of Samurou under the banner of Mayai lambi Meira Paibisingi Lup convened an emergency meeting and flayed the JAC formed in connection with the youth's death.

The mortal remains of the Samurou Makha Leikai youth had been subsequently cremated according to religious rite.

Post mortem on Surjit's corpse was conducted yesterday in compliance with a District Magistrate order to dispose off the body in case family members do not claim it by 1 pm today.

A protest rally previously planned for today to denounce the killing of Surjit by personnel of 22 Maratha Light Infantry on August 31 midnight did not assume the expected magnitude, said source and added that two other rallies of minor intensity was organised.

Moreover, a press release of the Samurou Lup informed of two peace rallies preceding a public meeting wherein resolutions adopted, among others, appealed to organisations concerned against extending cooperation to any movement of the JAC.The other decisions pertains to continued peaceful mode of agitation until the guilty security personnel involved in slaying the innocent civilian and seeking public cooperation to its future course of movement, added the Lup's release.