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Women in India’s northeastern state of Manipur attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has enraged the nation, state police said on Friday.

Women put burning hays in house of the accused in viral Manipur video case, in Pechi Awang Leikai, Manipur, India, July 20, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a Handout video. ANI/via REUTERSWomen put burning hays in house of the accused in viral Manipur video case, in Pechi Awang Leikai, Manipur, India, July 20, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a Handout video. ANI/via REUTERS

The main suspect, a Manipur resident, was arrested on Thursday hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the assault as “shameful” and promised tough action.“Local women pelted stones and burnt some parts of the house belonging to the prime accused in a village,” said Hemant Pandey, a senior police official in the state capital Imphal.

The mob, according to the complaint, then sexually assaulted two women aged 21 and 19 who were paraded naked. Protests were planned in several parts of India by rights groups demanding justice and swift investigations into the latest incident to raise questions about the safety of women in the country.

 

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