Man, family banished from locality over rape case
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 13 2015 :
A man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl has been banished from his own locality along with his family on Monday.
The rape accused, Sagolsem Ranabir, is alleged to have repeatedly raped the Class V student, who is now pregnant.
A huge public meeting held at the Konchak Mikhya ground decided to banish the accused and his family from the locality as chastisement.
Nongchup Imphal Meira Paibi Lup President Gyaneshwori said the accused owns a boarding called Students' Guidance Centre at Mayang Imphal Konchak and that he originally hails from Mayang Imphal Maibam.
"We've decided to banish Ranabir along with his family from the locality for the crime he had committed against the minor girl.
No one should give shelter to this family," she warned.
The public meeting also decided that the accused Ranabir should be given a life term sentence, Gyaneshwori said, adding a Joint Action Committee (JAC) will be formed to seek justice in the rape case of the minor.