Whatever Miserable Things That They Could Do To Me, They Did: Manipur Rape Victim

A Manipur woman and gang rape victim has opened up on the horror that unfolded on the day she was abducted by four men when she had gone to withdraw money from an ATM.

In an interview with NDTV, the 19-year-old woman claimed that she was taken to a hilly place where the three men took turns to rape her. She was not given food and water the whole night.

"I was taken away in a white Bolero by four men. And while they were taking me away, three of them sexually assaulted me, except for the driver. I was then taken to a hill where they tortured and assaulted me," she said.

"Whatever miserable things that they could do to me, they did and the whole night I was not given anything to eat. They didn't give even water. In the morning, somehow, on the pretext of going to the washroom, I asked them to untie me. One of them was kind enough to do that and that's when I removed the blindfold and tried to look at what was around and what was happening. After that I took the decision to run down the hill and escape," she said.

Two months after the incident, a case has been filed in connection with the incident. However, no arrests have been made, yet. So far, they have failed to collect any evidence.

More than 150 people have lost their lives and several injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status.

Last week, a video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur surfaced online. However, the cops have arrested several people in connection with this incident based on the video footage.