New Delhi: Thousands of people, mostly women, staged a sit-in in India’s violence-wracked northeastern state of Manipur.
They were demanding the immediate arrest of all culprits involved in the molestation of two women who were paraded around naked.
Thousands of Indians came on to the streets to protest against brutal rapes of Kuki women in Manipur demanding action from the govt. The protesters asked why the govt was sleeping since 2 months and did nothing to stop the rapes and killings.#ManipurViralVideo#ManipurViolence pic.twitter.com/cdEKj6Z7oY
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Addressing the mammoth sit-in, leaders of religious and women’s groups called for the firing of a senior official in the state where more than 130 people have been killed since violence between two dominant ethnic groups erupted in early May.
