Manipur police on Saturday said that one more accused has been arrested in connection with the viral video case in which two women were being paraded by a community in the state. As per police, a total of five persons have been held so far and the hunt is on to nab other culprits. The police said they are making an all-out effort to arrest the remaining culprits by conducting raids at many suspected hideouts. This comes after police arrested four main accused and they were all remanded to 11-day police custody.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notice to the Government of Manipur on the mob taking away five members of a family from police custody, parading the women naked and sexually assaulting one of them, a statement informed on Thursday. It said that NHRC India has taken cognisance of complaints seeking its urgent intervention into the incident of a mob taking away five members of a tribal family from police custody in B Phainom village of Kangpokpi district in Manipur on 4 May 2023.
"Allegedly, the mob paraded naked the two of the women, brutally gang-raped one of them, and murdered two male members of the family, who tried to protect the women," the statement read.
The NHRC stated that it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Manipur calling for a detailed report in the matter within 4 weeks. "It should include the status of the investigation of the FIRs registered with regard to the incidents, health status of the victim women and other injured persons as well as compensation, if any, granted to the aggrieved persons/ families," the statement read.
"The Commission would also like to know about the steps taken/ proposed to be taken to safeguard human rights of the citizens, especially women and vulnerable sections of the society from such barbaric incidents," it added.