Manipur violence: Video of tribal women paraded naked shocks India
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A video of two tribal women being paraded naked and subjected to blatant acts of sexual assault by a mob of men in the violence-hit northeastern state of Manipur has triggered outrage in India. The widely shared footage led prime minister Narendra Modi to address the country in some of his first remarks since the conflict broke out in Manipur, saying the incident “shamed India” and that the guilty won’t be spared. India’s Supreme Court expressed “deep concern” over the incident and called on the federal government to take immediate action against the suspects. Mallikarjun Kharge, president of India’s main opposition Congress party, accused the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party of “turning democracy and the rule of law into mobocracy”.