Manipur: Woman alleges she was gangraped by ‘Kuki miscreants’, police file FIR

The Manipur Police on Wednesday filed a case in connection with an alleged gangrape of a 37-year-old woman in the Churachandpur district in May.

The woman alleged in her complaint that she was raped by “five-six Kuki miscreants”. The crime allegedly took place on May 3, the day when ethnic clashes between the Kuki and the majority Meitei communities broke out in the state. Since then, at least 187 people have been killed and nearly 60,000 forced to flee their homes.

Bishnupur Superintendent of Police N Herojit Meetei confirmed to Scroll that a zero FIR was on Wednesday registered at the women’s police station in the district. The case was then transferred to the Churachandpur police station, he said.

A zero FIR is a case that can be filed at any police station, irrespective of the place where the alleged crime took place. After such a case is filed, the police station that registers the zero FIR has to forward it to the station that has jurisdiction over the matter.

The case has been registered under Sections 376D (gangrape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

The woman was sent for a medical examination at the Department of...

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