Charge sheet submitted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2020:
The officer in charge of investigating the alleged sexual assault of a minor victim by an ECG technician of RIMS on the intervening night of October 2 and October 3 last year, submitted the charge sheet against the accused before the Special Court, POCSO, Imphal West today.
The IO, Rattana Ngasepam (Additional SP, Investigative Unit, Crime against Women, Imphal West) submitted the charge sheet after four months of investigation.
Mention may be made that the case was on against the accused, Thokchom Suraj (36) s/o Kulla of Keishamthong Moirang Ningthou Leirak, based on a complaint filed by the mother of the victim, claiming that her daughter, who was admitted to RIMS for some test due to fever and dysentery, was sexually assaulted by the accused inside the ECG room on the intervening night of October 2 and October 3 last year.
Based on the complaint, Suraj was arrested and he is still lodged in judicial custody at Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa.