Police start probe into viral video case
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 19 2023:
Police have launched an investigation to book the miscreants who were seen parading two women naked in a viral video.
A press release issued by police said that a case has been registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station under Thoubal district against the armed miscreants.
The police are making an all-out efforts to arrest the culprits, it added.
On the parading of two naked women, a case of abduction, gangrape and murder etc was registered at Nongpok police station.
The police went on to state that the situation in the State was peaceful in the last 24 hours but tense in some places with sporadic incidents of firing and gathering of crowds at different places.
Saying that curfew was curtailed in five valley districts and Churachandpur today, the police said that strict security was taken up to enforce the curfew.
As per police, altogether 126 checkpoints were installed in different districts, both hill and valley.
452 persons were detained for violating curfew today.
Appealing to the people to extend help in restoring normalcy, the police shared a helpline number 9233522822 to clarify rumour.