On the night of May 4 as violence engulfed the State of Manipur, a second-year nursing student was left for dead at the Nightingale Nursing Institute in Porompat, Imphal, after being allegedly beaten mercilessly by a group that included women.
The student, who belonged to the Kuki-Zo tribe, had been dragged out of her hostel. A few members of the mob had demanded the student’s Aadhaar card and, after looking at the name, beaten her with sticks. The group of around 40 persons repeatedly shouted “rape her, torture her, cut her to pieces”, says the complaint made to the National Commission for Women on June 12.
