Remand for accused
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 28 2022:
The Court of Special Judge, POCSO Imphal East today remanded a 21-year old married man to judicial custody in connection with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl.
Accused Tongbram Naoba alias Alex (21) s/o Tongbram Biren of Thanga Moirangthem was produced before the Court after completion of police custody period by a team of Imphal East women Police Station with a prayer for judicial custody remand.
The IO of the case submitted that the father of the minor victim lodged a complaint on October 6 stating that his minor daughter was found kidnapped by the accused from near his residence on October 5 at around 1 pm.
During the course of investigation, information was received about the presence of the accused along with the minor victim at Hojai, Assam.
A police team of Imphal East rushed to the area and arrested the accused and rescued the minor victim.
The accused was produced before a duty Magistrate on October 22 .
During interrogation, Tongbram Naoba disclosed that he took the victim with him to Hojai, firstly in a van (Winger) and then by train on October 5 .
He also committed sexual assault upon the minor victim while concealing the fact that he is a married man with one son.
Naoba further disclosed that he had earlier eloped two other two women after his marriage, according to the IO .
The Court, on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submission of the IO, remanded the accused in judicial custody
till November 11 .