- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Shame on those sitting on their high horses drunk with power, jokers in media boot licking them, celebrities who r silent, tweeted actor-politician Urmila Matondkar.
By: Shubham Ghosh
THE horrific video that surfaced on social media on Wednesday (19) showing a mob parading two naked women and sexually assaulting them in the north-eastern state of Manipur has shocked entire India and Bollywood, the country’s famed film industry is no exception.
Actors Akshay Kumar, Urmila Matondkar, Sanjay Dutt, Kiara Advani and Renuka Shahane expressed anguish over the incident which took place on May 4, a day after deadly ethnic clashes broke out in the state over political reasons. Tension mounted in the state, which is already spending nervous days because of months-long violence, after the video surfaced on social media.
Akshay Kumar said he was “shaken and disgusted” to see the video of violence against women in Manipur.
Shaken, disgusted to see the video of violence against women in Manipur. I hope the culprits get such a harsh punishment that no one ever thinks of doing a horrifying thing like this again.
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 20, 2023
“I hope the culprits get such a harsh punishment that no one ever thinks of doing a horrifying thing like this again,” the actor wrote on Twitter.
Actor-politician Matondkar said it was shocking how “no action” was taken by the authorities in an incident that took place in May.
Shocked,shaken,horrified at #manipur video n fact that it’s happened in May with no action on it. Shame on those sitting on their high horses drunk with power,jokers in media boot licking them,celebrities who r silent. When did we reach here dear Bharatiyas/Indians?
— Urmila Matondkar (@UrmilaMatondkar) July 20, 2023
“Shocked, shaken, horrified at #manipur video n fact that it’s happened in May with no action on it. Shame on those sitting on their high horses drunk with power, jokers in media boot licking them, celebrities who r silent. When did we reach here dear Bharatiyas/Indians? (sic)” she tweeted.
Advani said she is praying that the women get justice at the earliest.
The video of violence against women in Manipur is horrifying and has shaken me to the core. I pray the women get justice at the earliest. Those responsible must face the most SEVERE punishment they deserve.
— Kiara Advani (@advani_kiara) July 20, 2023
“The video of violence against women in Manipur is horrifying and has shaken me to the core… Those responsible must face the most SEVERE punishment they deserve,” she tweeted.
The video portraying violence against women in Manipur was shocking and sickening, added Dutt.
“My utmost hope is for the culprits to be punished with the utmost severity, sending a clear message that such despicable actions will not be tolerated in any circumstance,” the actor said.
On Thursday (20), the state police arrested one of the main accused seen in the video. The move came 77 days after the incident took place.
Actor Richa Chadha termed the incident “shameful, horrific, and lawless”.
Is there no one to stop the atrocities in Manipur? If you are not shaken to the core by that disturbing video of two women, is it even right to call oneself human, let alone Bharatiya or Indian!
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) July 19, 2023
Shahane questioned if there was “no one to stop the atrocities” in Manipur.
“If you are not shaken to the core by that disturbing video of two women, is it even right to call oneself human, let alone Bharatiya or Indian,” Shahane tweeted.
“Stop asking why he’s quiet. Surely, you don’t expect the very people who caused the strife to speak/act against it. #Manipur,” composer Vishal Dadlani wrote on the microblogging site.
Actor Riteish Deshmukh said he is “seething with anger”. “No man should go unpunished for such crime. Attack on the dignity of a woman is an attack on humanity itself,” he said.
Commenting on the incident, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri tweeted: “We are a failed society.”
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi spoke over the incident ahead of the beginning of the monsoon session of the parliament assuring that the culprits would not be spared.
The Supreme Court of India also spoke sternly and asked both the central and state governments to take immediate action on the matter and apprise it over what action was taken.
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal said she will write to the prime minister and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, demanding strict action in the case of two women paraded naked by some men in the ethnic violence-hit state.
(With PTI inputs)
