From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the harrowing video showing two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in Manipur’s Kangpokpi. Minutes after Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said that such an incident is unacceptable, Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh tweeted that one arrest has been made.
The video which has been shared multiple times on social media is of an incident that took place on May 4. A first information report had also been registered soon afterwards.
The apex court asked the Manipur government to inform it of the steps taken to bring the perpetrators into law.
“The court is deeply disturbed by the visuals of the video which surfaced yesterday on the perpetration of sexual violence of women in Manipur. We are of the view that the court must be apprised of the steps taken by the government to hold the perpetrators accountable and that such instances are not repeated. The visuals which are portrayed in the media reflects gross constitutional infraction. Using women as an instrument to perpetrate violence in a charged atmosphere is simply unacceptable,” the CJI said.
Shortly after this, Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh tweeted that one of the accused have been arrested. The Manipur police’s lack of action on the crime for the two months and two weeks since it took place had been severely criticised.
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