An upsetting video that surfaced on social media depicting two women being forced to walk naked by a baying mob in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur aroused outrage and prompted the nations leader Narendra Modi to speak out about the areas protracted sectarian war. According to the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), the viral video shows an event that happened on May 4. However, police didnt make any arrests until this week, after the video had already gone viral.

On Wednesday, Manipur Police called the event "a case of abduction, gang rape, and murder" on Twitter. On Thursday, officials announced that four persons had been detained and that police operations were still proceeding. More than thirty men are being questioned by authorities in relation to the suspected