India’s Modi calls alleged Manipur sexual assault ‘shameful’, promises tough action

The videos on social media purport to show two women paraded naked and assaulted on a street before what townspeople on the videos say was a gang rape.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the alleged sexual assault of women in Manipur state as “shameful” and promised tough action, his first comments on ethnic clashes in the remote northeast which have killed at least 125 people.