ADVERTISEMENTThe groups also reiterated their demand for a separate administration for the Kuki community, asserting that coexistence with the Meitei community was no longer possible. Any attempt to treat it otherwise would amount to a denial of justice and an erasure of responsibility,” the KSO Delhi & NCR said. The organisation also urged the Centre to fast-track the creation of a separate administration for tribals, describing it as “both necessary and unavoidable”. A Kuki women’s group said the victim would be remembered not only for the injustice she endured but also for her strength in the face of extreme brutality. “For nearly three years, she carried pain that no human being should ever have to bear,” the Kuki-Zo Women's Forum, Delhi & NCR, said in a statement.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2026 05:20 UTC