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The whole of yesterday, a video trended on social media, showing two Kuki women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur.
The women’s plight had first been reported by The Print on July 12, among other stories of rape in the state ever since the ethnic violence began on May 3. Newslaundry had highlighted Print’s reportage in a media scrutiny column on July 13. A Newsclick report on June 1 had also described brutalities against women in the state.
But when the video grew wings on Twitter yesterday, Scroll confirmed the case too. At 8.57 pm, the news portal published a report containing an interview with one of the women in the video. She said the assault had taken place on May 4.
Minutes later, primetime shows unrolled across TV channels – and no surprises for guessing that most of them did not deem the Manipur video newsworthy enough to discuss.