Source: The Imphal Free Press
Imphal, October 08:
The chief judicial magistrate, Imphal, today passed an order remanding a rapist, rifleman number 25015287 Ram Singh Rawat of the 25 Assam rifles, in the custody of civil police for four days.
The jawan was caught red handed while committing rape of a 26-year-old housewife at Matai Mamang Leikai of Luwangsangbam area under Heingang police station on the night of October 6.The victim is a mother of two girl-children-one five year-old and the other one year-old-and stays with her farmer husband at their small house of about 30 sq feet near the western fencing of the 25 Assam Rifles camp at Luwangsangbam area.
The Heingang police station had registered an FIR under Section 376 IPC and 27 Arms Act following a written complaint lodged by the victim�s husband yesterday at about 8.10 am.
On the other hand, one Captain Girish Kumar of 25 Assam Rifles had handed over the rapist jawan who hails from Chhinki Farm village of Udhamsingh Nagar in Uttaranchal to the Heingang police station yesterday at about 7.45 pm.
The accused was today produced before the CJM, Imphal M Haokip, at about 3.40 pm praying for further remand for four days in police custody for further investigation into the case.
Official sources said the victim and her husband heard some sound of firing close to their house on October 6 at about 7.50 pm.
Subsequent to the sound, a jawan with arms, suspected to be a Sepoy from the nearby 25 Assam Rifles camp broke into their house and took away the victim who was cooking meal.
The accused then committed rape on the victim after threatening and beating her at the bank of a pond in the residential compound of one Laishram Chaoba Singh.
The sources also disclosed that the victim�s neighbours became alert from the cries of the victim and her husband and came out and overpowered the rapist.
Simultaneously, the commandant of the 25 AR camp also rushed to the spot along with his sepoys following a complaint from the villagers.
Upon his assurance, the villagers handed over the rapist to him.
Police sources said one camouflage cap, four emptied cases of AK-47 rifle, one khudei said to have been worn by the victims and a wooden block were recovered from the spot.