Rape accused roughed up at Court complex
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 04 2013:
A large number of womenfolk today attacked the accused in the Khoupum and TG Higher Secondary School rape cases when they were brought by police to be produced before the Court at Uripok Cheirap Court complex.
Latjanthai Malangmai of Noney Bazar, who is one of the accused persons in the rape of four girl students of Khoupum Don Bosco on October 5 last year and two persons � Yumnam William of Khagempalli Pankha Leikai and Thongam Tarun of Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai � who were allegedly involved in the rape of a student of TG Higher Secondary School were produced before the Court.
Women volunteers of Rongmei Lu Phuam, Khoupum Area Rongmei Lu Phuam, Naga Women's Union and representatives of 37 different villages of Khoupum area who were staging a sit-in-protest at the Court complex, roughed up Malangmai on his arrival.
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The women protesters also shouted slogans and held placards that read as 'award capital punishment to Malangmai', 'speed up trial' and 'award serious punishment to perpetrators of crimes against women' .
As Malangmai did not have a defence Counsel, Sessions Judge directed the Member Secretary of Manipur Legal Services Authority to appoint a Counsel at the earliest.
With regard to the proposed inquiry on Malangmai's juvenile claim, the women protesters denied his claim.
They said that Malangmai had retracted statement from his earlier disclosure regarding his age.
On the other hand, two persons involved in the rape of a girl studying in TG Higher Secondary School inside a restaurant at Ghari were also produced before the Court.
They were also roughed by a group of women as they were escorted towards Court by police.