'Horrific video' shows two women being paraded naked by men in India's Manipur state, provoking outrage and calls for PM Modi to 'break silence' over the incident, part of months of tribal clashes that have left nearly 120 people dead and displaced 50,000
Charges of rape and murder pressed against "unknown miscreants" numbering "800-1,000" in northeastern state, currently in the grip of deadly violence between Christian minority Kuki tribe and majority Hindu Meiteis.Several rounds of peace talks between the groups have failed and sporadic incidents of violence and arson continue to deepen the crisis in the state governed by PM Modi's BJP party.
The two women, one in her 20s and the other in her 40s, are from the Christian Kuki tribe, who live in the hills, and the incident had taken place on May 4 in Thoubal district of the restive state, Indian media reported on Wednesday. "When we resisted, they told me: 'If you don't take off your clothes, we will kill you'," the woman in her forties toldThe news outlet cited a police official saying charges of rape and murder, among others, have been pressed against"unknown miscreants" numbering"800-1,000".news website that police in Manipur had been present at the scene of the crime but did not help them.
She said the state officials have assured her that"no effort will be spared to bring perpetrators to justice."
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