In its passionate pursuit to empower indigenous tribal women of Kohora-Karbi Anglong landscape near Kaziranga National Park with livelihood options so as to reduce their dependency on forest.
A group of enraged Indian women from the Meitei community set fire to the homes of two men accused of sexually abusing tribal women. About the sexual assault: The incident was reportedly triggered by the disturbing viral video showing two Kuki women being forced to strip naked and subjected to harassment by Meitei men on May 4.
All the arrests were made till Saturday late evening. According to the Malda district police superintendent Pradeep Kumar Yadav, the two women have been arrested following the information provided by the inspector-in-charge of Bamangola police station. Malda Women Modesty Outrage: Seven Including Two Victims Arrested After Tribal Women Stripped Naked, Tortured in West Bengal.
Two tribal women were allegedly “stripped naked, tortured and beaten mercilessly” in West Bengal’s Malda a few days ago while police remained a “mute spectator,” the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.