{"id":347738,"date":"2023-07-20T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/20\/a-fake-video-triggered-mob-to-parade-women-naked-teen-brother-was-killed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:03:00","slug":"a-fake-video-triggered-mob-to-parade-women-naked-teen-brother-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/20\/a-fake-video-triggered-mob-to-parade-women-naked-teen-brother-was-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fake Video Triggered Mob To Parade Women Naked, Teen Brother Was Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police sources said the two women were part of a small group that fled for safety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The women paraded naked in Manipur <\/a>were dragged away by a mob from police protection as ethnic violence flared up in the state early May, sources said today amid outrage and horror over a video of the incident that went viral yesterday.<\/p>\n

The teen brother of one of the women was allegedly murdered that day by the same mob.<\/p>\n

The trigger for the egregious act was allegedly a fake video.<\/p>\n

Violence erupted in Manipur <\/a>on May 3 between the valley-majority Meitei and the hill-majority Kuki tribe in Manipur over the Meiteis’ demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status. The clashes started soon after a tribal solidarity rally in the hill regions.<\/p>\n

According to police sources, the two women were part of a small group that had fled for safety towards a forested area on the margins of hills-valley on May 4, when the ethnic strike escalated dramatically amid attacks and counter attacks between two communities.<\/p>\n

A mob, acting on rumours – believed to be fake – that women from their community had been raped, allegedly raided a village and chased the group.<\/p>\n

The group comprised two men and three women. Three belonged to a family – a 56-year-old man, his 19-year-old son and 21-year-old daughter. Two other women were with them, one 42 years old and the other aged 52.<\/p>\n

According to the FIR, the group, on their way to the forest, found a police team from the Nongpok Sekmai police station.<\/p>\n

Around 2 km from the police station, the group, along with the policemen, were accosted allegedly by a mob of about 800 to 1,000 men. The mob allegedly snatched the group from the custody of the police.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old man was allegedly killed at the spot when he tried to save his 21-year-old sister from the mob.<\/p>\n

A police complaint filed by relatives of the women reveals that one of the women was gang-raped. Based on the complaint, the police said a zero FIR was registered on May 18. The case was transferred on May 21 to Nogpok Sekmai police station, where the incident took place.<\/p>\n

Internet has been suspended in Manipur since May 3. The video emerged on Thursday and quickly went viral on social media, with posts expressing outrage and disgust.<\/p>\n

A day after the video went viral, one of the men in the mob, Heradas, was arrested today, more than two months after the incident. The 32-year-old was seen in the video, in a green t-shirt, the police said.<\/p>\n

The police are trying to establish the identity of the other accused in the video through facial recognition technology. About a dozen teams are working on the case, the police said, though it is not clear why no action was taken for 77 days.<\/p>\n

“The situation was difficult and the initial focus was on crisis management and relief,” government sources said on the delay in action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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