CBI takes over probe in Manipur sexual assault; files FIR

The Centre on Thursday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the case has been transferred to the CBI and that the trial must be time-bound, and should take place outside Manipur.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday took over the probe into the sexual assault case where three Kuki women were stripped, paraded naked and assaulted, with one of them gang-raped, by a mob in Manipur on May 4, people familiar with the development said.
After taking over the probe, the agency has re-registered the first information report (FIR) filed by the Manipur police, they said.

A viral video of the gruesome crime surfaced on July 19, almost three months after the incident, which showed three women being stripped naked and paraded, sparking outrage across the country.

Allegedly, one of the victims was gang-raped and two male family members of the victims were murdered on May 4 in Manipur’s Thoubal district.