Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum highlights ongoing atrocities against Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur

Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) Conglomerate of Recognised Tribes stated two-and-a-half-months into the ethnic conflict in Manipur, evidence of atrocities committed against Kuki-Zo tribals continue to surface.

ITLF stated a video which went viral shows a large Meitei mob parading two Kuki-Zo tribal women naked toward a paddy field to be gang-raped.

ITLF in statement stated the despicable scene, which happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, shows the men constantly molesting the helpless women, who cry and plead with their captors.

The gangrape of the women in B. Phainom village happened after the village was burnt down and two men – one middle-aged and another a teenager – were brutally beaten to death by the mob.

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum vehemently condemns the sickening act and demands that the central and state governments, National Commission for Women, and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to take cognizance of the offense and take all necessary measures to bring justice to the culprits.

An Fir is a lodged in a police station. Tipra Motha Party (TMP)chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman tweeted, "Disturbing videos emerging from Manipur about a woman belonging to a particular community being paraded naked by a mob . There is total breakdown in the relationships of the two communities there . Hate has won in Manipur. "