There is complete breakdown of law and order and constitutional machinery in Manipur, an outraged Supreme Court observed on Tuesday while terming the investigation carried out by the state police as “tardy” and “too lethargic”. Excoriating the law enforcement machinery over unbridled ethnic violence, it said the state police have lost control over the law and order situation, and demanded the personal presence of the director general of police (DGP) when it hears a clutch of petitions on the mayhem in the northeastern state on Monday.

6,523 FIRs filed so far

The bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud sought details from the state government about the date of occurrence of the incident and registration of ‘zero FIR’ and regular FIR in the case of two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted. It also wanted to know how many accused were named in the 6,523 FIRs registered so far and the steps taken for their arrest.