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Manipur Violence: SC Seeks Probe Status from State Govt, CBI, NIA
Based on the reports on status of probe and filing of chargesheets, the Supreme Court said it will take a call on whether the trials can commence in Assam or be undertaken in Manipur.
#manipur #SupremeCourt #ManipurUnrest #ManipurGovt #CBI #NIA #BJPStates #india
https://thewire.in/law/manipur-violence-sc-seeks-probe-status-from-state-govt-cbi-nia
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In the Absence of All Kuki MLAs, Manipur Passes Bill Criminalising Changing Names of Places
From the instances given by the chief minister at the House, it comes across that the law was particularly aimed at stalling the Kuki community to act otherwise. For instance, the Kuki-dominated Churachandpur being referred to as Lamka by them.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india
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In Imphal, the state’s surrender to an armed Meitei militia with ‘Taliban-like’ grip
Three MLAs were assaulted by the cadres of Arambai Tenggol at the meeting held on January 24. One had to be briefly hospitalised.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #ArambaiTenggol #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india
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Paying lip-service to the sacrifices of our soldiers and the military
Unless the senior military brass miraculously develops a spine and the mainstream Indian media starts doing journalism instead of government propaganda, soldiers should be prepared for more setbacks to their status, standing and rights under the current regime, writes Sushant Singh.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #BJP #NarendraModi #IndianArmedForces #MeiraPaibi #meiteis #kukis #AssamRifles #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #OROP #media #BJPStates #india
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Six months of chaos in Manipur show utter failure of double-engine government
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are great admirers of Sardar Patel but lack his ability to govern with wisdom or administer with care and understanding, writes Ramachandra Guha.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #BJP #NarendraModi #AmitShah #BJPStates #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #KukiZos #RSS #hindutva #india
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Mobile internet ban in Manipur extended till October 31
The move comes barely a week after Chief Minister N Biren Singh had said the government would withdraw the ban within the next few days.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #InternetShutdown #censorship #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india
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Manipur: CBI Files Chargesheet Against Six in Viral Video Case
As per a complaint, 3 women were "physically forced to remove their clothes and stripped naked in front of the mob."
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #CBI #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ViolenceAgainstWomen #rape #BJP #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india
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Manipur: Mob tries to storm CM Biren Singh’s personal residence
Officials said that the mob had been camping outside his home since Thursday afternoon.
#manipur #imphal #ManipurViolence #BirenSingh #meiteis #kukis #BJP #ManipurGovt #india
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As The Government Failed Manipur, Once Peace-Loving People Picked Up Weapons, Fought & Died
The Manipur government’s failure to end the ethnic violence has caused ordinary Meitei and Kuki—a poet, a university student, an ironsmith—to pick up arms and die because they felt they had to defend their people.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #displacement #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #BJP #ManipurRapes #NarendraModi #IndianArmy #CRPF #BSF #AssamRifles #IndianArmedForces #india
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Internet Ban in Manipur to Be Lifted Today, Says CM Biren Singh
Internet was shut down in the state for five months following the outbreak of violence on May 3. It was among the longest internet bans imposed in an Indian state.
https://thewire.in/government/internet-ban-in-manipur-to-be-lifted-today-says-cm-biren-singh
#manipur #ManipurViolence #InternetShutdown #BirenSingh #censorship #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #india
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Surrender Illegal Weapons in 15 Days or Face Action, Manipur CM Warns People
Thousands of sophisticated weapons have been looted from state armouries and police stations, which rival groups used in unleashing violence in the state. Several such calls for surrendering weapons were also made in the past, but to no avail.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #BirenSingh #ArmsLoot #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #GunCulture #india
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Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict
A sense of fear is all pervasive in Manipur since shocking violence between their community and minority Kuki groups broke out, marked by brutal killings and sexual crimes against women. More than 200 people have been killed, roughly two-thirds of them Kukis, a collective name for the Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Hmar and Mizo tribes who are mostly Christians.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66844028
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #zomis #ManipurPolice #AssamRifles #BJP #christians #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #UnionGovt #NarendraModi #india
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Reporter’s Diary: Remembering the slain Manipur policeman I briefly knew
Onkhomang Haokip, a Kuki official who had barely escaped with his life when the ethnic violence broke out in May, was shot dead by a sniper this week.
https://scroll.in/article/1056062/reporters-diary-remembering-the-slain-manipur-cop-i-briefly-knew
#manipur #ManipurViolence #OnkhomangHaokip #ManipurPolice #kukis #meiteis #MeiteiMilitancy #ManipurGovt #india
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Journalism in Modi’s ‘Amrit Kaal’ Is Risky Business
The criminal case against the Editors Guild and its team for their report on Manipur is unprecedented.
https://thewire.in/media/journalism-in-modis-amrit-kaal-is-risky-business
#manipur #ManipurViolence #EditorsGuild #EGI #PressFreedom #journalism #media #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Police Updates Statistics on Manipur Violence: 175 Officially Dead, 96 Bodies Yet Unclaimed
A total of 5,668 arms have been lost and only around a quarter (1,329) of it was recovered, police said.
https://thewire.in/government/manipur-death-toll-violence-missing-arms
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurPolice #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #ManipurGovt #india
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Manipur violence: Police sub-inspector shot dead by ‘sniper’ in village bordering Churachandpur
Condemning the incident, the police said Haokip’s last rites will be performed on Thursday at Churachandpur in a ‘befitting manner’.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #churachandpur #meiteis #kukis #MeiteiMilitancy #ArmsLoot #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Manipur Govt's Statement Against Security Forces Goes Against Its Own Police's Version: Report
A 'Telegraph' report notes how the Biren Singh government and Manipur Police have differing versions of gunfight between an armed group and the security forces.
https://thewire.in/security/manipur-violence-security-forces-army-police-cabinet
#manipur #ManipurViolence #tengnoupal #meiteis #kukis #IndianArmy #ManipurGovt #IndianArmedForces #ManipurPolice #BirenSingh #BJP #india
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SC protects ex-Army man, prof against coercive action in two FIRs lodged against them in Manipur
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Manipur government, said there was "a pattern to approaching the Supreme Court directly by one segment".
#SupremeCourt #manipur #VijaykantChenji #ProfHenminlun #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #india
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The return of Meitei insurgents marks a new turn in Manipur conflict
Back from Myanmar, militant cadres are adding firepower to the Meitei side in the state’s ongoing civil war.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #MeiteiInsurgents #ManipurPolice #ArambaiTenggol #myanmar #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Assam Rifles DG Says Manipur Situation Unprecedented, 'Never Faced Anything of This Kind'
Lt General P.C. Nair flagged the “large number of weapons” with civilians as a key concern. He also said society “has become weaponised".
https://thewire.in/security/assam-rifles-dg-manipur-situation-unprecedented
#manipur #ManipurViolence #AssamRifles #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #IndianArmy #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Voices From the Ground: The Humanitarian Crisis in Manipur
A team of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) spent four days in violence-torn Manipur from July 25 to July 28.
https://thewire.in/rights/voices-from-the-ground-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-manipur
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes meiteis #kukis #displacement #ManipurGovt #hindutva #christians #BJP #india
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Behind Manipur violence, a ‘war on drugs’ that wasn’t
Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/behind-manipur-violence-war-drugs-wasn-t-181563
#manipur #ManipurViolence #heroin #DrugAddiction #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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How Manipur hounds Kuki intellectuals
3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #censorship #KhamKhanSuanHausing #MaryGraceZou #WilsonLHangsing #christians #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-manipur-hounds-kuki-intellectuals-23304676
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Has the state really withered away in Manipur?
Instead, it has taken on a different shape: from an entity governed by a liberal social contract to one driven by an ethno-majoritarian consensus.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #meiteis #kukis #ManipurArmsLoot #InternetShutdown #censorship #BJP #india
https://scroll.in/article/1054009/has-the-state-really-withered-away-in-manipur
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Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy
Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #HinduNationalism #hindutva #EthnicCleansing #BJP #christians #minorities #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #AmitShah #northeast #india
https://thewire.in/communalism/siege-on-manipur-hindu-nationalists-war-for-ethnic-supremacy
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He embraced Meiteis but offended Kukis: Three errors of Amit Shah in handling Manipur crisis
Amit Shah focused tactically on what at the moment seemed to him the right thing to say but overlooked or ignored what was strategically more appropriate for Manipur’s future, writes Karan Thapar.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #AmitShah #meiteis #kukis #BirenSingh #BJP #MeiteiLeepun #ArambaiTenggol #ManipurGovt #hindutva #india
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How Manipur Got Divided By Misinformation And Polarisation
Without the Internet, Manipur has transgressed into a polarised state, filled with misinformation.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #misinformation #propaganda #MeiteiMedia #InternetShutdown #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #MeiraPaibis #TusharMehta #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
https://www.boomlive.in/decode/manipur-divided-by-misinformation-and-polarisation-22725
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Assam Rifles faces the heat in Manipur; fabricated attempts to malign image: Army
In a statement, the Army’s Spear Corps said it along with Assam Rifles will continue to remain firm and resolute in carrying out actions to prevent violence in Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #AssamRifles #ManipurPolice #CBI #IndianArmy #SpearCorps #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #BJP #india
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Women’s bodies, disinformation and nationalism in Manipur
Sexual violence in conflict has a long and terrible history – and its combination with disinformation and nationalism in Manipur makes for an especially ominous mix.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #nagas #MeiraPaibis #ArambaiTenggol #MeiteiNationalism #misinformation #ManipurGovt #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
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After 3 Meiteis killed, town now in crosshairs of Manipur conflict
In small town Kwakta, though located in the Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district, almost 85 per cent of its estimated 13,500 voters are Muslim Meitei Pangals; around 1,500 are Meiteis; and there are just around 15 Kuki-Zomi houses in Ward 8 of the Kwakta municipal council area.
#manipur #bishnupur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Manipur violence case: Supreme Court sets up panel of 3 women ex-judges to oversee humanitarian measures
The top court also indicated that it will appoint senior Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar, who had served in the NIA, IB and Nagaland, to monitor the overall investigation of cases registered during the violence.#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #SupremeCourt #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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Kuki People's Alliance Withdraws Support From N. Biren Singh Government
The KPA, formed in 2022, has two sitting MLAs in the Manipur government.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #KPA #kukis #meitei #BirenSingh #BJP #ManipurGovt #COCOMI #majoritarianism #ManipurUnrest #india
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“The video hurts so much, I cannot find the words”
The family of the women in the Manipur video recounts its ordeal.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #ArambaiTenggol #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #vaipheis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
TW: descriptions of rape
https://caravanmagazine.in/conflict/manipur-women-video-viral-family-recounts-ordeal
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Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur
August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #christians #churches #BJP #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #article355 #environment #ForestRights #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/politics/double-engine-the-union-and-state-government-must-answer-for-manipur
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Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals
27 bodies are at JNIMS in Imphal East, 26 at RIMS in Imphal West.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #kukis #zomis #meiteis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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‘Are we not Indians?’: In Imphal, thousands join march to demand normalcy
Most of the protesters were from the Meitei community.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #protests #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #COCOMI #MeiraPaibis #majoritarianism #NRC #india
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Manipur was given to us by our forefathers, not by India: Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh
Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh says that sacking CM Biren Singh will send a message to the Meiteis that Indian government has backed the Kukis to defeat Meiteis. The Meiteis will also protest against the President’s Rule as it’s a demand by the Kukis.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #MeiteiLeepun #PramotSingh #RSS #ABVP #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #hindutva #MeiteiNationalism #interview #india
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From Manipur, A Peace Activist’s Account Of State Criminality & Culpability
In this blow-by-blow account, peace activist Harsh Mander describes his journey to Manipur, where he met Meitei and Kuki families broken by three months of ethnic violence, life inside the camps where hundreds live in despair, unsure if they will ever return to their scorched villages, and the “extreme culpability” of a seemingly partisan state that has done little to help the minority Christians who have been killed and uprooted in greater numbers.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #christians #displacement #ManipurRapes #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #HarshMander #JohnDayal #KarwanEMohabbat #activism #india
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Manipur assault video emboldens women to speak out
New allegations of violence against women are emerging in the north-east Indian state of Manipur, as the response to a viral video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob encourages others to speak.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kukis #meiteis #HumanRights #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #MeiraPeibis #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #BJP #india
TW: descriptions of rape
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Manipur: Catholic Bishops' Association Calls Upon 'Governance System' to Uphold Secular Fabric
Not for the first time have concerns been expressed over attacks on churches and violence against women and children.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #CBCI #CatholicBishops #catholics #christians #kukis #meiteis #ManipurRapes #HumanRights #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #BJP #india
https://thewire.in/rights/catholic-bishops-association-manipur-violence
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18-year-old gang-raped in Manipur after women vigilantes hand her over to armed men
FIR says Meira Paibis women’s group handed her over to four armed men; after a brutal assault, gangrape, murder threats, she arrived at Bishnupur police station but did not trust Meitei police to take her home.
#manipur #ManipurRapes #ManipurViolence #MeiraPaibis #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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More cases of women being assaulted surface in Manipur
After the video of the Thoubal incident, a photo of a woman’s charred body is now in circulation; 10 Manipur legislators issue statement mentioning at least four other incidents of rape or murder.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ManipurGovt #majoritarianism #BJP #UnionGovt #india
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Manipur video incident took place barely 1 km from India's 'best' police station
Every year, the Government of India selects best performing police stations across the country based on several performance indicators.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #rape #GangRape #meiteis #kukis #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #BJP #majoritarianism #KukiZos #christians #UnionGovt #india
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Social media platforms told to censor posts on Manipur video
A government official cited the need to prevent further inflammation of the situation in Manipur to justify the orders.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #rape #GangRape #meiteis #kukis #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SocialMedia #censorship #ManipurGovt #BJP #majoritarianism #KukiZos #christians #UnionGovt #india
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Manipur: Kicked around like a ball, assaulted girl quizzes CM Biren Singh
‘How many videos of atrocities against women need to surface for the chief minister to admit that a section of women has been under attack only because of their ethnicity?’
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #rape #GangRape #meiteis #kukis #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ManipurGovt #BJP #BirenSingh #majoritarianism #KukiZos #christians #UnionGovt #india
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‘Everyone should know what happened to us’: Four Kuki women recount brutal assaults they survived
In three separate incidents in May, the four women were attacked by gangs who said they were taking revenge for violence against their community.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #rape #GangRape #meiteis #kukis #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ManipurGovt #majoritarianism #KukiZos #christians #UnionGovt #india
TW: descriptions of rape
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Video of Kuki women: NCW ignored complaint about it submitted 38 days ago
A complaint filed on June 12 had also detailed other instances of rape and violence from Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #NCW #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #northeast #BJP #RekhaSharma #india
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Video of Kuki women: NCW ignored complaint about it submitted 38 days ago
A complaint filed on June 12 had also detailed other instances of rape and violence from Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #NCW #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #northeast #BJP #RekhaSharma #india
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Video of Kuki women: NCW ignored complaint about it submitted 38 days ago
A complaint filed on June 12 had also detailed other instances of rape and violence from Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #NCW #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #northeast #BJP #RekhaSharma #india
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Video of Kuki women: NCW ignored complaint about it submitted 38 days ago
A complaint filed on June 12 had also detailed other instances of rape and violence from Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #NCW #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #northeast #BJP #RekhaSharma #india