{"id":12973,"date":"2023-10-11T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/video-showing-mans-body-ablaze-prompts-call-for-justice-from-tribals-in-indias-manipur\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:20:09","slug":"video-showing-mans-body-ablaze-prompts-call-for-justice-from-tribals-in-indias-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/video-showing-mans-body-ablaze-prompts-call-for-justice-from-tribals-in-indias-manipur\/","title":{"rendered":"Video showing man\u2019s body ablaze prompts call for justice from tribals in India\u2019s Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A video showing a man\u2019s body on fire in India\u2019s restive Manipur prompted calls for justice from a minority tribal group in the northeastern state, which remains on edge more than five months after bloody ethnic clashes killed at least 180 people.<\/p>\n<p>State authorities said they had ordered an investigation by the federal police into the incident suspected to have taken place on May 4.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1750880\">violence erupted<\/a> on May 3 as members of the majority Meitei ethnic group and minority Kuki tribals clashed over sharing government benefits and quotas in jobs and education.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1766713\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sporadic violence has continued after the peak of the clashes despite tens of thousands of extra security personnel being deployed, marking a rare security failure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government in a state ruled by his Bharatiya Janata Party.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-second video, which surfaced on social media on Sunday and has been verified by state police, showed a man with injuries to the head lying near barbed wire while a portion of the body was ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Voices and gunshots could be heard in the background. It is unclear whether he was alive or already dead.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the victim as Laldinthanga Khongsai, 37, and an umbrella body of Manipur\u2019s tribal groups said he belonged to the Kuki community.<\/p>\n<p>Kuldiep Singh, the state\u2019s security advisor, said the man was killed on May 4, when armed members of the two communities fought pitched battles and a mob stripped and sexually assaulted two tribal women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body is still unclaimed,\u201d Singh told reporters on Monday, adding that the case will be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Indigenous Tribal Leaders\u2019 Forum, an umbrella body, said, \u201cThe video is a harrowing testament to the ethnic cleansing campaign against the Kuki-Zo community by the majority Meiteis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asserting that such \u201cbrutal acts\u201d cannot be overlooked, the ITLF said: \u201cThe selective application of justice further reinforces our demand for a separate administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Meitei make up 53 per cent of Manipur\u2019s population, while the Kuki account for 16pc.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have suffered casualties, but government data reviewed by Reuters in July showed 113 Kukis and 62 Meiteis had been killed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing a man\u2019s body on fire in India\u2019s restive Manipur prompted calls for justice from a minority tribal group in the northeastern state, which remains on edge more than five months after bloody ethnic clashes killed at least 180 people. 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