Victim's father knocks rape accused at Court complex
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 18 2015:
Father of a minor rape victim A large number of womenfolk attacked a rape accused at Cheirap Court complex today.
Accused Sagolsem Ranabir (30) s/o Khagemba of Mayang Imphal Thong Khong was produced before the Sessions Court, Imphal West under FIR Number 37 (7) 2015 of Imphal West women police station under Section 6 and 14 POCSO Act.
He was remanded to judicial custody till September 2 .
When Ranabir was brought out of the Court room by Sajiwa Central jail staff and under trial prisoners' escorts, a large number of irate womenfolk attacked him.
Even as the jail authority tried to take Ranabir into prisoners' van, father of the minor victim girl punched the accused in the face.
The under trial prisoners' escorts tried to arrest the father of the victim.
However, womenfolk managed to snatch him from the security team.
Later, a brief confrontation broke out between security and agitating womenfolk.
It may be mentioned that the alleged rape case came to light when the girl was rushed to PHC Mayang Imphal with the complaint of vomiting on July 11 last.
It was detected at the PHC that the girl was three months pregnant.
Later, the girl told her mother that she had been repeatedly raped by Ranabir in the past few months.
The girl was staying in the hostel run by the accused at his mother's maternal home at Mayang Imphal Konchak.
Angry locals not only thrashed Ranabir badly but also dismantled the hostel before he was rescued by a team of Mayang Imphal police.
The case was handed over to Imphal West women police station the same day.
Medical examination of the girl had already been conducted at Department of Forensic Medicine of RIMS on July 13 .