Mothers' Day | The Quint Salutes the Brave Mothers of Manipur

On 15th July, 2004, 12 middle aged mothers stood naked in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal with a banner that read ‘Indian Army Rape Us’. The Assam Rifles was stationed at Kangla then.
The ‘naked protest’ was against the death and alleged rape of Thangjam Manorama by Assam Rifles. According to the security forces Manorama was a militant of the banned People’s Liberation Army.On this mother’s day The Quint salutes the brave Mothers of Manipur