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Manipur horrific video: 'Why did police take 14 days to file zero FIR,' SC asks Centre..
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that government has nothing to hide andthecourt can monitor the situation..
The Supreme Court, which is hearing pleas related to two tribal women who were paraded naked in Manipur on May 4, on Monday asked the Centre why the police took 14 days to register the zero FIR..
To this, the SG said whenever police receiveinformation, zero FIR is registered irrespective of location and then transferred to the territorial police station...
"...are there any 156(3) offences, what kind of legal aid are we providing, also is this the only standalone incident where there is the perpetration of violence against women...how many such FIRs are there," he asked...
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