Aizawl: In light of "anger among Mizo youths" over the event involving the parading and molestation of two women in the adjoining ethnically strife-torn state of Manipur, a group of ex-militants has asked Meiteis from Manipur to leave Mizoram for their "own safety."
Two women from one of the warring communities in Manipur were nakedly paraded by the opposing side and sexually assaulted in a video filmed on May 4 and released on Wednesday. On Thursday, police claimed to have apprehended the key suspect. The incident has been widely criticised by Americans everywhere.
Peace Accord MNF Returnees' Association (PAMRA) released a statement on Friday from Aizawl saying, "The situation in Mizoram has become tense and it is no longer safe for Meitei people from Manipur to live in Mizoram in the wake of barbaric and heinous acts committed by miscreants in Manipur." —Inputs from Agencies
