The authorities have been accused of turning a blind eye to some of the worst atrocities in Manipur, including beheadings and targeted assault, rape and torture of women. Two Kuki men in their group were allegedly murdered by the mob.Īccording to accounts of activists in Manipur, this was not an isolated incident, and several Kuki women became the target of sexual assault and rape by Meitei mobs when the ethnic conflict first broke out, after fake news spread that Kukis were raping and killing Meitei women. The two women were then thrown into a field where they alleged they were gang raped.
As they fled, they encountered another violent Meitei mob, who had encircled the women, forced them to strip, then paraded them down the road as they were molested by several men in the crowd.
