Manu was declared dead on February 4, but with his own family refusing to collect his body and the Indian law not recognising his partner Jebin as a legal heir, Manu’s body has remained unclaimed for nearly two days.
The United States has said that it would be "closely monitoring" India's work towards marriage equality. This statement form the US State Department comes after the Supreme Court in India refused the legalise same-sex marriage., World News, Times Now