Women paraded naked in Manipur: CBI chargesheet against 6, juvenile

In a police complaint filed on May 18, the victims had also alleged that the younger woman was “brutally gangraped in the broad daylight”.

The CBI had registered a case on the request of the Manipur government and further notification from the Centre.

The accused have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including those pertaining to gangrape, murder, outraging the modesty of a woman and criminal conspiracy, the CBI said.

“It was alleged that, on May 4, a mob of approximately 900-1,000 individuals, armed with sophisticated weapons, entered B Phainom village in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur, vandalised and set houses ablaze, looted properties, assaulted villagers, committed murders, sexually assaulted women. It was further alleged that two family members of one of the victims were also killed in the incident,” a spokesperson of the central agency said.

“The public is reminded that the above findings are based on the investigation done by CBI and evidence collected by it. Under the Indian Law, the accused are presumed to be innocent till their guilt is finally established after a fair trial,” a CBI spokesperson said.

Expressing “deep concern” over the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur and calling it “simply unacceptable” and “the grossest of constitutional and human rights violations”, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud had told the government to act, and warned “otherwise, we will take action if nothing is happening on the ground”.