The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, broke his silence after a gruesome video of a young woman being stripped, assaulted and paraded naked emerged from the eastern Indian state of Manipur. She was allegedly then raped. The woman, from the minority Kuki tribe, was attacked by a mob from the Meitei people. The incident sparked months of violence and unrest in Manipur from late May, killing at least 140 people. The opposition leader, Mallikarjun Kharge, accused the prime minister of ‘keeping quiet’ and not addressing the matter. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Modi said: ‘I want to assure the citizens that those guilty will not be spared. The law, with all its might, will take one step after the other.’
Modi speaks out after video of sexual assault on women in Manipur emerges
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