Organisations condemn the Napet Palli incident, aids victim

IMPHAL, December 28: A team consisting of various women bodies, church leaders and other organizations visited Riso Phung village to show their support to the victim of the Napet Palli incident.

The team included  of M. Sobita, Co-convenor of United NGOs Mission Manipur; Women Committee and secretary of WAD; Anwari Noorjahan, President of United Manipur Muslim Women Development Organization; Theikho representative of Naga People’s Organization; Daniel, Senior advocate High Court; Panti Gonmei, President of Rongmei Lu Phuam; Namga Gangmei, Church Pastor of Rongmei Lamphel Church; Aphung Siro, Chief of Risophung village and Siro Singyui, advisor of the JAC formed against the Napet Palli incident.

The team strongly condemned the Napet Palli incident in which a young girl was allegedly molested and an attempted rape took place on December 27 evening by three persons who self claimed to be KCP cadres. The team also demanded befitting punishment for the culprits.

Speaking to media persons, Aphung Siro the village chief of Risophung strongly condemned the incident and also appealed to every section of the society not to turn it into a communal issue.  

WAD secretary, Sobita termed the incident as very unfortunate and said that many a times, those accused in rape and molestation cases often get away under the influence of money and power. These kinds of crime against women will continue until and unless the culprits are given befitting punishments. The Napet palli incident and Chandel incident are of the same kind and we should strongly condemn it, she added.

Meanwhile, All Manipur Students’ Union, in a release, has also strongly condemned Napet Palli incident.