Manipur news: Kargil veteran’s wife among victims of Manipur horror, he says, ‘my own place dangerous than battlefield’
a video shot on May 4 surfaced on Wednesday, July 19, over two months after it happened, triggering protests and uproar among the masses. The video showed two women, disrobed, being held, paraded and assaulted by hundreds of men and being taken to a field. One of them was allegedly gang-raped.
“I fought for the nation in the Kargil war and was also in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. I protected the nation but am dejected that after my retirement, I could not protect my home, my wife and fellow villagers... I am sad, depressed," he told a Hindi news channel.
He said that on the fateful May 4 morning, a mob burnt down several houses in the locality, disrobed the two women and made them walk on the village paths in front of people. "Police were present but took no action. I want that all those people who burnt the houses and humiliated the women get exemplary punishment," he said.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the case on Thursday, a day after the video surfaced. Over 160 people have lost their lives, and several injured since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. (With agency inputs
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