Violence in Manipur

The Indian women's memorandum to the president read, "We are outraged by the video depicting the unspeakable crimes of the mob that stripped, physically and sexually assaulted, groped, slapped, paraded naked, and gang-raped three women from the Kuki tribe in Manipur."

Countermobilization by some Meitei groups against a demonstration of Kukis, where a Kuki war memorial was burnt down, the state police reacting late to a massive gathering of Kukis in some districts, and growing anxiety among the two communities about each other in the recent past are some factors that resulted in the violence that Manipur has faced in the recent days," said Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, in a statement, May 5.