Accused remanded to police custody on charges for sexual assault of a minor
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 01 2021:
Special Judge POCSO Imphal East today remanded 26 year old Brother in Law in to four days police custody allegedly for committing sexually assaulting a minor girl.
IO of the case through APP submitted that the accused was arrested based on the complaint filed by the mother of the victim stating that her son in law (husband of her eldest daughter) on September 25 at around 5 pm took her daughter ( victim) from her home for dropping at Government hospital in Imphal to look after the elder sister (accused's wife) who is admitted for delivering baby.
On their way at around 7 pm when they reached Makhasi Lampak ( Lamhang) near Oksu her daughter ( victim) was sexually assaulted by the accused.
The IO further stated that during the course of investigation, the accused was arrested from his residence yesterday at around 1.30 pm and on interrogation, the accused failed to disclose the facts hence the IO requested for 4 days police custody remand.
The Court on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submission of the IO remanded the accused into 4 days police custody till October 4 for smooth investigation of the case.