There is a sharp increase in crime against women in Manipur.
Sobita Mangshatabam, secretary, Women Action for Development, told reporters that since January 147 cases pertaining to crime against women have been registered.
Forty-one women were "missing", 8 had committed "suicide" and 7 others died in a suspicious manner. Rape and molestation were also increasing, she said
The rate of arrest and conviction of the criminals were also discouraging, according to Ms Mangshatabam.