In India’s violence-hit northeastern state of Manipur, thousands of people staged a mass sit-in after a protest against the stripping of two women, demanding the arrest of all those involved in the incident.

According to the news agency Associated Press, in this sit-in on Saturday, approx 15 Thousands of people participated.

Leaders of religious and women’s organizations in their address to the protestors also demanded the dismissal of the state’s Chief Minister Baran Singh.

A video recently surfaced of a shocking attack on two women in May in Manipur who were paraded naked and molested by a mob.

More than 130 people have been killed since violence erupted between the state’s two dominant ethnic groups in early May. The protest was held in Chorachandpur, a town 65 km south of the state capital Imphal. A large number of women were among the protestors.

Manipur has been in a state of civil war for the past two months.

Violent riots erupted after protests by Christian Kokkis in the state against government-sponsored land purchase permission and special status for Hindus in their populated areas.

Despite the government’s massive internet shutdown and efforts to keep journalists away from reporting on the situation in the remote region, a video has surfaced showing women being tortured.

The video sparked widespread outrage and was shared by thousands of people on social media demanding action from the government.

The footage shows two naked women being surrounded by several youths who grab their genitals and drag them across a field.

According to the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum, a tribal organization in Manipur, the women are from the Christian Kuki community. One of them told The Associated Press that the people who attacked him were part of a Mete mob that had earlier set fire to his village.

“They forced us to take off our clothes and told us that if we didn’t do what they said, we would be killed,” a victim told AP by phone from Manipur. Then they stripped us. They abused us. They touched us everywhere, on our breasts, on our genitals.’

The woman said that the two were then taken to a field where they were sexually assaulted. Both women are now safe in a refugee camp.

Police said the attack took place on May 4, a day after violence broke out between Kukis and Metis.

According to the police complaint filed on May 18, the mob attacked the family of the two women and killed two of its male members. The complaint accused ‘unknown miscreants’ of rape and murder.