SC questions army's silence over rape allegations The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped the army asking why it had maintained silence over allegations of rape and murder against its personnel in Manipur and questioned the state government for not proceeding with these cases against them. The apex court asked the Manipur government to explain whether it was a "sheer helplesness" on their part or a "tacit understanding" that they would not proceed against the army personnel despite there being serious allegations of rape and murder against them. "You may have two alleged rapists. Why you have kept quiet," a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who was appearing for the army and the Assam Rifles. Responding to the query, the Attorney General said, "These are allegations only. The question is whether rape was committed by the army personnel". The court posed this query to Rohatgi a...