INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) had received on June 12 separate emails from a pair of Hyderabad-based activists and the
North American Manipur Tribal Association, flagging the May 4 horror of a mob stripping and parading two women naked in B Phainom village of
Kangpokpi district.This was six days prior to Saikul police station registering a Zero FIR, and 37 days before a video of the crime would
surface on social media, unleashing a countrywide storm of outrage and anger.03:51Disturbing viral video sparks outrage as two Manipur women
are seen being paraded nakedThe emails addressed to NCW chief Rekha Sharma question the "numbing silence" and alleged under-reporting of
sexual and gender-based violence under the veneer of the ethnic conflict raging in the North-Eastern state since May 3.The two activists and
the US-based forum of people with roots in Manipur also spoke of tribal women suffering rape and other forms of sexual assault at the hands
of armed mobs and, in some cases, getting murdered.The two activists cited six specific cases of physical and sexual assault on tribal
women, citing "testimonies" of survivors who purportedly narrated their ordeal to them.WatchNCW chief on Manipur women viral video: Didn't
get any specific complaint related to the content in video
