Imphal, Aug 13: A committee of women-based bodies in Manipur has warned of mass demonstration on Independence Day (August 15) demanding arrest of accused persons in the alleged gang-rape case of a 37-year-old woman in Churachandpur of strife-torn Manipur gaining momentum.
On Friday (Aug 11), a congregation of leaders of several women-based bodies announced the formation of a committee with an objective of delivering justice to the surviving gang-rape victim.
Aheibam Premila, a spokesperson of the committee said, “we will hold a mass rally on August 15 if the government fails to book the culprits involved in the gang-rape in Churachandpur by August 14”.
She said that the committee strongly condemned the gang-rape of a woman by miscreants on May 3, the very first of eruption of the violence in Churachandpur district.
The incident of gang rape came to light after 37-year-old woman had lodged a complaint to the police in Manipur’s Bishnupur on August 9 alleging that she was gang-raped by a group of miscreants on May 3 evening while fleeing after her house was torched along with others in the neighbour.
