Manipur Incident: Victims of the despicable attack move SC with fresh plea against Centre, State

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The women, who were paraded Naked and sexually assaulted in Manipur earlier in May, have approached the Supreme Court with a fresh petition related to the viral video of their ordeal. The two women filed petitions in the Supreme Court against the centre and the Manipur government. The petitions request that the Supreme Court take suo motu action on the case and order a fair and impartial inquiry. The victims have also requested that their identities be protected. The horrific incident took place a day after violence erupted between the Meitei and Kuki tribes in Manipur, following the Meitei’s demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status. Police had registered a case of abduction, gangrape and Murder at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district and seven people have been arrested in connection with the matter.

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00:00 The women who were sexually assaulted in Manipur earlier in May have approached the

00:06 Supreme Court with a fresh petition related to the viral video of their ordeal.

00:11 The two women have filed petitions in the Supreme Court against the Centre and the Manipur

00:15 government.

00:16 The petitions request that the Supreme Court take suo moto action on the case and order

00:21 a fair and impartial inquiry.

00:24 The victims have also requested that their identities be protected.

00:28 The horrific incident took place a day after violence had erupted between the Meitei and

00:33 Kuki tribes in Manipur following the Meitei's demand for scheduled tribe status.

00:38 Police had registered a case of abduction, gang rape and murder at Nongpok Sekmai Police

00:43 Station in Thobol District and seven people have been arrested so far in connection with

00:47 the matter.

00:49 The development comes as the Chief Justice of India, D.Y.

00:52 Chandrachud-led bench is set to peruse the reply of the Ministry of Home Affairs today.

00:57 The Supreme Court had last week condemned the deeply disturbing video, stating that

01:01 the visuals showed "gross constitutional failure".

01:04 Chief Justice D.Y.

01:05 Chandrachud had called on the government to take concrete steps to protect women in the

01:10 region and to keep the court informed of their progress.

01:13 The Home Ministry had told the top court that the probe into the case has been transferred

01:17 to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

01:19 The CBI has now formally taken over the case and has lodged an FIR.

01:24 The MHA, in an affidavit filed through its secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, had also urged

01:29 the top court to transfer the trial in the case outside Manipur for its conclusion in

01:34 a time-bound manner.

01:35 It had also requested the Supreme Court to ensure that the trial is completed within

01:39 six months.

01:41 More than 160 people lost their lives and several hundreds were injured since ethnic

01:45 clashes broke out in Manipur on 3 May after a tribal solidarity march was organised in

01:51 the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for ST status.

01:56 Meiteis account for about 53% of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley.

02:02 Tribals such as Nagas and Kukis constitute a little over 40% and primarily reside in

02:07 the hill districts.

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Manipur Incident: Victims of the despicable attack move SC with fresh plea against Centre, State

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