Govt. asks Twitter to pull down Manipur women’s video

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The government has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to take down a video of two Manipur women paraded naked, since the matter is being probed. Sources said the videos were inflammatory, and as the matter is under investigation, Twitter and other social media companies have been asked to remove the video.

The widely circulated video from Manipur which shows a group of men molesting two women has sparked an outrage. The National Commission for Women (NCW) also said on Thursday that it has formally directed Twitter India to remove a video that shows the ‘disgraceful act’ of the two women being paraded naked and assaulted.

‘NCW has formally directed the Head, Public Policy at @TwitterIndia to remove the video showing the disgraceful act of two women being paraded naked. This video compromises the victims’ identities and is a punishable offense (sic),’ the NCW said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has said that she has spoken to Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh over the May 4 video showing two women being paraded naked by some men in the state. She termed the incident ‘condemnable and downright inhuman’.

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