Key Points
Two days after a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur went viral, the house of the main accused, Huirem Herodas Meitei, was on Thursday burnt down by miscreants...
The video, which had gone viral, showed women from one of the warring communities in Manipur's Kangpokpi district being paraded naked by a mob from the other side...
Taking suo moto cognisance of the video, the Manipur Police had on Wednesday night registered a case of abduction, gangrape and murder at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district against unidentified men...
More than 150 people have been killed and several injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.. Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of the state's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley, while tribals, which include Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and reside mostly in the hill districts..
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