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The Congress’ attack came over a media report that claimed that an 18-year-old woman, who was abducted, assaulted and gang-raped in Manipur’s Imphal East district on May 15, approached the police on July 21, after which a zero FIR was registered.

This was among the first instances of brutality in Manipur’s ongoing ethnic conflict, details of some of which are surfacing only now. Read more on The Hindu

Morning Digest, July 22, 2023 | PM Modi absent from Parliament, Opposition protests; 2 more cases of women assault in Manipur; Assam Rifles files sedition case against Imphal civil society group; Jaishankar pays tribute to Abe; Law Minister shares data on social background of High Court judges; IUML MP writes…

In Manipur, ethnic violence has led to a series of horrific crimes against women, including disrobing, parading naked, rape, and murder. On May 6, a 45-year-old woman was stripped and set ablaze in Imphal East. On May 4, two women were raped, tortured, and murdered in Imphal East.

Assam Rifles registers case of sedition, defamation against Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity for call to not surrender weapons; FIR registered at Churachandpur police station; COCOMI had demanded Assam Rifles be replaced with other police force; criminal case registered against Imphal-based politician for alleging Assam Rifles protecting Kuki terrorists.

Incident happened on May 4, a day after deadly riots broke out between Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes in the remote state.

Over 1,500 human rights activists, civil society leaders, journalists, academics and lawyers from all over India on Tuesday signed a joint statement condemning the first information report (FIR) filed in Imphal against a fact-finding team of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) for concluding that the violence in Manipur…

The 60-day blockade of the Dimapur-Imphal National Highway-2 was lifted on July 3 after a representative of the Union government assured Kuki groups that their political demands can only be addressed and settled by the government. The Kuki groups and BJP MLAs have been demanding separate administration since the violence…

At least four men were killed in fresh round of violence in Manipur on July 2. The incident took place in areas in the adjoining districts of Bishnupur and Churachandpur.