In India, anger has sparked by a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the violent state of Manipur.
In addition to arresting a man, the police said they have opened a case of gang rape and will be holding additional suspects soon.
As a result of legislators' demands for a debate on the matter, the Delhi parliament's session was suspended on Thursday. The act, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "shamed India" and "no guilty will be spared," according to BBC News.
DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, stated that the Supreme Court was "deeply disturbed over the video" and voiced worry over the assault. The chief judge warned that "we will take action if you don't" and ordered the government to inform the court of the actions being taken against the accused.
Although the police say the assault on the women happened on May 4, the video that went viral on social media on Thursday brought the incident to national attention. The federal government has requested that all social media networks remove the video.
Ethnic Hostilities in Manipur
Manipur's ethnic hostilities between the Meitei and Kuki communities began in May, and since then, at least 130 people have died and 60,000 have been homeless.
(Photo: AFP/AFP via Getty Images) IMPHAL, INDIA: A group of Indian women hold aloft a banner as they stand naked outside the headquarters of the Assam Rifles paramillitary force in Imphal the capital of the far eastern Indian state of Manipur, 15 July 2004, to protest against the 10 July killing of an alleged female insurgent. A group of female activists stripped before Indian troops outside a security office in far eastern Imphal city to demand action over the killing of a woman allegedly by paramilitary troops, a report said.
On Wednesday, numerous people posted the two women's horrifying footage on social media. A group of men drag them and prod them before pushing them into a field in the video.
In a statement, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) claimed that women from the Kuki-Zo tribal community had been the victims of crimes carried out in a village in the Kangpokpi district. The women were also accused of being the victims of gang rapes.
The shocking incident has come to light as a result of the outcry that followed the release of the footage in India. The failure of the government to provide solace to the survivors has also come under scrutiny, forcing Mr. Modi to finally speak out about the ethnic violence tearing Manipur apart.
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Government Under Pressure
The government is currently under pressure to take speedy action against the offenders and provide justice for the women in order to regain some of the confidence in Manipur, particularly among the minority Kuki population. People all throughout the nation believe that this shouldn't be occurring in contemporary India.
The Bharatiya Janata Party government was criticized by a number of opposition politicians for not doing enough to stop the violence in the state.
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