Manipur women paraded video: Centre directs Twitter to pull down shocking May 4 clip

The Manipur woman parade video was 2 months old i.e. its timeline is May 4, 2023, but it surfaced on social media on Wednesday

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In a crime against humanity incident, two Manipuri women were paraded without clothes by a mob of men allegedly belonging to the Meitei community in Manipur. As per reports, the Manipur woman parade video was 2 months old i.e. its timeline is May 4, 2023, but it surfaced on social media on Wednesday and ever since then a huge nationwide uproar can be witnessed on social media. While netizens are requesting the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to take strict and swift action against the culprits who forced Meitei woman to walk in such horrific conditions on the road, the opposition parties are slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his silence over the Manipur issue. Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan said, " Today we are feeling ashamed. Politics should not be done on this (Manipur viral video) but where are PM, Home Minister and what are they doing? I want to ask why the PM is silent. He said that we are preparing a roadmap for Manipur. You are visiting several countries and saying that everything is fine in India. We want to ask whether you will ask your CM to resign or not." Even the DCW Chief Swati Maliwal said that she was not able to sleep after watching the horrific Manipur video. With the Narendra Modi government facing a massive backlash, it has contacted Twitter and directed it to take down the viral Manipur video.

As per reports, a newswire quoted a government official who informed that the Centre has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to pull down the video of the two Manipur women paraded as the matter is under investigation. The social media platforms operating in India should abide by the Indian laws and the matter is under investigation, the government is believed to have communicated to the social media platforms after the video went viral shaking the collective consciousness of the country.

Why the women were paraded and what the Manipur Police are saying?

In the Manipuri women viral video which True Scoop News has decided not to share, the women were seen horrified. They were crying for help, however, a mob of men dragged and molested them. The incident took place in Kangpokpi district on 4 May – a day after ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state. The video surfaced nearly 77 days after the incident.

Manipur Police in its official statement said, "All out effort to arrest culprits as regard to the viral video of 02 (two) women paraded.. : As regard to the viral video of 02 (two) women paraded..by unknown armed miscreants on 4th May, 2023, a case of abduction, gangrape and murder etc was registered at Nongpok Sekmai PS (Thoubal District) against unknown armed miscreants and the investigation has been started. The State Police is making all-out effort to arrest the culprits at the earliest."

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Reportedly, three women were "physically forced to remove their clothes and were stripped in front of the mob." A complaint filed on 21 June at Saikul Police Station by the head of B Phainom village. As per the complainant, one of the women was brutally gang-raped, and her brother and father were murdered by the mob. A zero FIR was registered under sections 302 (murder), 354 (outraging a woman's modesty), 376 (rape), and 326 (causing grevious hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

What is happening in Manipur?

The state of Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May 3 this year between the majority the Meiteis, concentrated in Imphal valley, and the Kukis, occupying the hills. Over 160 people have been killed in the violence so far.


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