CBI Court Frames Charges in Manipur Violence Case

Special CBI court frames charges on 15 counts against six accused in Manipur ‘gang-rape’ case

PTI, GUWAHATI, JAN 8, 2026: A special CBI court in Guwahati has framed charges against six accused in the case where three women were stripped naked and two of them were allegedly gang-raped during ethnic clashes in Manipur in May 2023.

The six accused have been charged on 15 counts, including gang-rape, murder and rioting. The court of Special Judge Chatra Bhukan Gogoi set January 16 as the next date of hearing, where all the accused, including the four lodged in a Manipur jail, will have to be present in person before it. The two other accused are out on bail.

The special court framed charges against the accused on 15 counts, in the order passed on January 2, a copy of which is available with PTI.

The case pertains to the incident of mob violence on May 4, 2023, when the three victims were stripped and paraded naked, and two of them were allegedly gang-raped, while family members of one of the victims were killed. The incident had come to light much later when a video surfaced and went viral on social media.

“…this court, after considering all the pros and cons, including statements of the witnesses and documents, comes to unerring conclusion that there is a prima facie material against all the accused,” the order said.

Accordingly, charges were framed against each of the accused persons under the penal provisions of law under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

“The particulars of the charges, on being read over and explained, accused persons pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried,” the order added.