"Wouldn't Have Happened If...": Irom Sharmila On Horrific Manipur Video

"I feel numb and disturbed," she told NDTV, adding that it isn't about any particular community, but an "inhuman" incident.

Iconic human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, today said the accused in the horrific incident of two women being paraded naked in Manipur must be punished with life imprisonment without parole.

Ms Sharmila said she felt "sorry and sad" about what's happening in Manipur, and claimed it wouldn't have happened had the Centre intervened "at the right time".

"I feel numb and disturbed," she told NDTV, adding that it isn't about any particular community, but an "inhuman" incident.