The investigation revealed that India State of Manipur I police two tribal women of 1000 people Crowds in which the participants stripped and gang-raped them.
The incident took place on May 4 last year at the beginning of tension between the Methi and Kuki communities in the state of Manipur and its video surfaced on social media two months later.
The viral footage sparked widespread outrage, after which Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and made his first statement since the conflict erupted in Manipur.
Violent conflict between the minority Kukizo and the majority Meiti communities erupted after some Kukis protested against the majority Hindu Meiti community’s demand for protected tribal status, which has since left nearly 200 people dead and thousands displaced. Displaced.
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In a charge sheet filed in October last year, India’s federal investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), found that two women and a man who had fled the violence were sitting inside a police vehicle and being taken to a safe place. Wanted to get help from them.
However, according to the Indian Express report, the police officials did not help them saying that they did not have the car keys.
The CBI said in the chargesheet that they repeatedly begged the police to help them and save a person who was attacked by the mob, but the police did not help them.
He said that the driver of Jesse (the car) drove and suddenly stopped the car near a violent crowd of about 1,000 people. The male victim again pleaded with the police to start the car, but was told to keep quiet.
‘After some time a policeman came and told his colleagues that the man had stopped breathing.’
The mob then pulled out ‘one male and two female victims’ from inside the vehicle while ‘the policemen left the scene leaving the victims alone with the mob.’
According to the report: ‘They (the mob) tore the clothes of the two women and started beating the man.’
DGP Rajeev Singh told the newspaper that ‘departmental action’ has been taken against the policemen.
According to the Press Trust of India, the CBI filed a chargesheet against six accused and a report against a youth in the case.
The charge sheet said that ‘investigations have established that the accused, who were part of ethnic clashes between the Metis and Kukis, along with a large group of unidentified miscreants from the Metis community, committed several acts of violence, arson, sexual assault and murder. had conspired to commit the criminal acts with clear intent.’
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2024-07-31 04:19:07
