Man sent to police custody in kidnap and rape case of minor
IFP Bureau7 Feb 2024
The accused surrendered to the police on Tuesday in connection with an FIR at Women PS, Imphal East for kidnapping a minor girl and sexually assaulted on July 12, 2023.
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The accused surrendered to the police on Tuesday in connection with an FIR at Women PS, Imphal East for kidnapping a minor girl and sexually assaulted on July 12, 2023.
The accused were involved in the kidnapping of a minor girl child.
On November 5, 2016, the accused kidnapped an 11-year-old and sexually assaulted the minor. The victim's family lodged a complaint at Lamphel Police station on November 7.
Irate locals vandalised the house of alleged rapist Monday morning.
The sentence hearing has been fixed on November 16 to announce the quantum of punishment.
The accused has been remanded in 15-day judicial custody till June 3 by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Imphal East on Friday.
The convict Shamurailatpam Tomba Sharma, 35, son of Sh Ibotombi Sharma of Yairipok Top Makha Leikai was convicted for commiting the offence of aggravated sexual assault which is punishable under section 6 of POCSO Act, 2012 on May 11.
The court convicted the accused on May 5 under section 6 & 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) for having committed ‘Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault’ and ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’ on a minor girl on January 10, 2020.
The accused was convicted on April 19 for committing the crime.
The accused Choudhurimayum Ananda Sharma, 19, son of (L) Ch Ibotombi Sharma of Tentha Khunou Awang Leikai, Thoubal district was convicted under section 6 of POCSO act.
The investigating officer of the case found that the accused is an uncle of the minor who stayed with him in the same house.
An 11 year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by a non-local staying at a rented house at Nagamapal Kangjabi Leirak on June 10.
According to SI Marchang, the accused was alleged to have had committed sexual assault against the 11-year-old girl in December 2020 while he was engaged in a house construction work in Kamjong district.
The body of the gangrape victim is lying at RIMS hospital morgue as nobody has claimed it till date and it is decomposing fast, a release stated.
The commission also appeals to all social media users to not post photographs or reveal the identity of the deceased while reminding them that they can be given severe punishment under the Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000.
The investigation of the case has been handed over to a Special investigation Team (SIT) headed by additional SP, Investigative Unit for Crime Against Women (IUCAW), Rattana Ngasepam.
The-old accused was arrested by a team of women police from his residence on Thursday night after a written complaint was filed by the victim’s father around 10 pm.
The accused was produced before the Special Judge POCSO at Senapati who remanded him to judicial custody till July 27.
A 17-year old minor girl from Moirang who was on her way to meet a man from Kolkata was rescued by a team of Childline Bishnupur, New Life Foundation Manipur volunteers along with family members and relatives from Imphal airport on Wednesday.