'Guilty won't be spared': PM Modi condemning Manipur incident where two women were paraded naked

Addressing the media, before the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "The whole country is being insulted, and 140 crore countrymen are feeling ashamed.

"I assure the countrymen that no culprit will be spared. What has happened to these daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven."

In a horrific incident, two women were paraded naked on the road by a group of men in Manipur and the video of the same was widely shared on social media drawing heavy condemnation and calls for action.

The two women were also gang-raped in a nearby field, a tribal organisation has alleged.

The incident occurred on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, some 35 km from the state capital Imphal, according to a statement by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF).

A day before this on-camera horror, clashes broke out between the valley-majority Meitei and the hill-majority Kuki tribe over the Meiteis' demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status.

"A video that went viral today shows a large Meitei mob parading two Kuki-Zo tribal women naked toward a paddy field to be gang-raped.

"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 ITLF said in the statement.

"The horrifying ordeal suffered by these innocent women is amplified by the perpetrators' decision to share the video, which shows the identity of the victims, on social media," the ITLF said, and appealed to the National Commission for Women and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to take action.