Manipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced on Saturday that it has filed an FIR in connection with the video of two young tribal women being paraded naked by a mob after being assaulted in Manipur, which had gone viral, adding that it registered the case late on Friday night.
The Centre had on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the investigation into the incident had been transferred to the CBI. It also requested the transfer of the entire case, including the trial, to any state outside Manipur. The case may be shifted to Guwahati, sources said.
7 arrested so far
Manipur Police have arrested seven suspects in connection with the horrifying incident.
The CBI had earlier lodged six separate FIRs in connection with the ongoing violence in Manipur. The FIR filed in connection with the video is the seventh.
CBI SIT probing the case
The federal agency had already stationed its Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the northeastern state under a DIG-rank officer. It will dispatch more women officers, besides forensic experts, to probe the case, officials said.
The incident took place on May 4, a day after the widespread ethnic violence broke out in Manipur.
However, the video went viral this month just a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament on the eve of a planned protest march announced by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) to highlight the plight of tribals in Manipur.
Nationwide outrage over Manipur incident
The incident has sparked nationwide outrage and condemnation, with the opposition demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the matter in Parliament.
The “despicable scene, which had happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, shows men constantly molesting the helpless women, who cry and plead with their captors," according to a spokesperson of the ITLF.
