Sit-ins denounce atrocities on Kuki women
Source: Chronicle News Service
Bishnupur/Thoubal, July 20 2023:
A sit-in protest was staged at Ningthoukhong Bazar on Thursday against the atrocities committed by some men against two Kuki women on May 4 .
Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the protest organised by Ningthoukhong Bazar Keithel Phambi Ima Lup and Women Wing (WW), Ningthoukhong, WW convener RK Tombishana Devi emphasised that anyone, regardless of which community they belong to, should be stringently punished for crime committed against women.
During the protest, the participants pitched for swift and exemplary punishment of the culprits and chanted slogans to qease crime against women, respect women, etc.
Meanwhile, a protest was organised at Yairipok on Thursday demanding stringiest punitive action against those involved in parading naked the Kuki women and their sexuaj harassment.
Speaking to media person, Bishnunaha Youth Federation Yairipok (BYFY) president Laishram Ananda pointed out that Meitei community neither instigate and endorse crime committed against women.
He demanded that the government arrest the culprits at the earliest and punish them as per the law of the land, sd that such incident does not happen again.
Ananda further urged the culprits to surrender to authority concerned failing which they shall have to accept public wrath and action.