Late on July 19, a video from violence-stricken Manipur surfaced on social media with disturbing visuals of two women being paraded naked by a huge mob and some of the men groping and molesting them. One of the women was also allegedly gang-raped. The incident occurred in B Phainom village on May 4.
After the video went viral sending shock-waves across the country, Manipur police tweeted that efforts were being made to nab the accused and that a ‘case of abduction, gang rape and murder etc’ was registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district.
On July 20 at 9.39 pm, an update on the case came from the Manipur police that four main accused had been arrested in relation to the viral video case.
Minutes later, at 9.41, pm in a separate tweet, the Manipur police shared the news of the arrest of one PREPAK Pro Cadre, an individual named Abdul Hilim, by Imphal East district police.
At 9.47 pm, news agency ANI tweeted that PREPAK (PRO) cadre Abdul Hilim, 38, had been arrested in the viral video case. They asserted that Hilim’s arrest was in connection with the abduction and gang rape case under Nongpok Sekmai police station. NDTV and Outlook picked up the same news from ANI.
Both tweets were later deleted…
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