NCW take suo moto cognizance over Manipur horrific incident

The National Commission for Women (NCW) criticised the Manipur incident in which two women were paraded naked on a road by a group of males, which went viral on social media on Thursday.

After witnessing the horrific incident, NCW took to their official Twitter handle and penned “NCW condemns the Manipur incident. Taking suo moto cognizance. The DGP Manipur has been asked to promptly take appropriate action.”

In addition, NCW chief Rekha Sharma said, “One main accused in the incident has been arrested and by the evening more culprits are likely to be arrested. We have also given a notice to Twitter against allowing the circulation of such videos on their platform.

“This is indeed shocking and the NCW has taken cognizance of the incident. Many such incidents are coming to light from Rajasthan and Manipur. I am in constant touch with the administration and the accused will be punished.”

Notably, a video of two women being paraded naked by a bunch of guys went viral the day before, sparking more outrage.

The incident, however, occurred in May of this year. According to Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, police made their first arrest in connection with the event.

“Last night at around 1.30 am, we arrested the main culprit,” the Manipur chief minister said in a statement.

“Every man and every human being will condemn this act,” Singh said adding that they will seek for the perpetrators to get punishment “to the maximum possible extent.”

“Really shocked when I saw the video and after seeing it I inquired about the incident it happened on 4 May…but this video leaked after 40 days. I asked for mass combing ops…and last night itself we arrested one man involved,” the Manipur chief minister said.