Rights bodies demand action in case of sexual assault on Kuki women in Manipur
The Hindu
Rights groups demand swift action against perpetrators of sexual assault in Manipur, speedy justice for two Kuki women paraded naked by mob. Condemn incident, call for fair, unbiased investigation. Welcome SC's Suo-motu action, slam Centre for shooting messenger. CSWO president calls for immediate arrest of perpetrators, no bail for such crimes.
GUWAHATI
Rights groups have demanded swift action against the perpetrators of sexual assault in Manipur and speedy justice for two Kuki women paraded naked by a mob.
The groups said they were aghast by a video clip showing a large group of men parading two women stripped naked and molesting them while dragging them toward a paddy field. The incident reportedly took place on May 4.
“The torture and looting of the dignity of women in broad daylight in such a grotesque manner cannot be accepted or tolerated in any civilised society. We condemn the incident in the strongest possible term and demand swift action from the State government,” Dilip Chakma of the New Delhi-based Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre said on Thursday.
“We demand that a fair, unbiased investigation be completed within a specific time period, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice at the earliest,” he said, appealing to both the communities – Kuki and Meitei – to maintain peace.
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s Suo-motu action against the incident of parading naked and gang-raping of the two Kuki women and murdering the victims’ brother, The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) slammed the Centre for “shooting the messenger” instead of taking action against the “war criminals”.
“The government took action against Twitter for the egregious video showing the ordeal of the two women. Without Twitter, the truth would have never come out, and no law-and-order problem has been created by these videos which forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak for the first time on Manipur in the last 77 days of riots,” RRAG’s Suhas Chakma said.
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