More cases of women being assaulted surface in Manipur
The HinduTwo days after three women were disrobed and paraded naked, one of whom was raped, in Manipur’s Thoubal district, a 45-year-old woman was stripped and set ablaze in Imphal East on May 6. On Thursday, 10 Manipur legislators from the Kuki-Zo community, including seven from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, released a statement mentioning at least four other incidents where women belonging to their community were either raped or murdered since May 3. Set ablaze by mob Thianna Vaiphei Sauntak, a pastor at Pheitaiching village, told The Hindu that he had found the semi-charred body of the 45-year-old mother of two on May 7, a day after a large mob had attacked the village. Tortured by a mob According to another zero FIR registered in Kangpokpi, two women were raped, tortured and murdered in Imphal East on May 4.