Why Insurgent Groups in Manipur Kill Rape Accused

By analysing first-hand testimonies from the Imphal valley, this paper attempts to unpack questions of vigilante forms of gender justice, keeping in mind two important realities of the region–the fact that sexual violence perpetrated against women by security force personnel in Manipur has gone punished, and that indigenous and tribal communities in the Northeast region have their own customary laws for dealing with those accused of rape.