Modi says India 'shamed' after video shows mob parading women naked

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the country has been "shamed" by a video showing a mob parading two women naked in a northeastern state where ethnic violence has claimed at least 120 lives.

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Members of the Indian Youth Congress shout slogans during a protest over sexual violence against women and for peace in the ongoing ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, in New Delhi on July 20, 2023. -- Photo: Arun Sankar / AFP

2023-07-20 16:39:38

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the country has been "shamed" by a video showing a mob parading two women naked in a northeastern state where ethnic violence has claimed at least 120 lives.

Speaking publically about the Manipur clashes for the first time since they erupted in May, Modi said his "heart is filled with pain and anger".

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