Rape accused remanded to police custody
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 10 2022:
The Special Judge POCSO Imphal East a rape accused into two days police custody for alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor on October 30, 2020 .
The accused Faruk Hussain (25 yrs) s/o Takadash Ali of Jirighat Grant Bazaar Sheikh Basti who was on run for more than a year was arrested on January 7, 2022 from Sorok Atingbi Highat Jiribam and remanded to Police custody till today by JMIC Jiribam.
It may be noted that the mother of the victim lodged a complaint that her minor daughter was kidnapped from their gate on October 30, 2020 and was found the next day abandoned at Fulertol Cachar by the accused after alleged sexual assault.
During the course of investigation, efforts were made to arrest the accused but he was on large for more than a year.
However on January 7, 2022 an information was received that the accused was seen at Sorok Atingbi Highat Jiribam and accordingly a police team rushed to the spot and arrested the accused.
During the interrogation the accused admitted that he had committed the crime but is reluctant to disclose the facts of the case hence the Court has remanded him into police custody till January 11 to collect more information.