Victim deposes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 03 2015 :
An alleged minor rape survivor deposed before the Special Sessions Trial Court of POCSO, Manipur East regarding a rape case today.
Tuition teacher Nongthombam Varun (35) s/o Achoubi of Urup Litan Makhong, who has been accused of raping the minor girl, was also produced before the Court under FIR No 24 (12)/2014 WPS I/E under Section 376 (n) (f) and Section 4 of POCSO Act 2012 .
Varun is currently lodged at Sajiwa Central jail as an under trial prisoner of the case since December last year.
The statement of the alleged rape survivor was recorded in-camera by the Court.
Later, the Court fixed June 12 as the next date of hearing of the trial.
Seizure witness and the doctor, who medically examined the girl, will depose before the Court on the said day.
On May 19 last, statement of the complainant of the case was recorded by the Court after charges were framed against the accused on the basis of the chargesheet submitted by Imphal East women police station.
It may be mentioned that the alleged rape case came to light on December 11 last year after the girl refused to go to Varun's place for tuition despite repeated insistence from her parents.
The girl later revealed to her mother about repeated rape by her tuition teacher.
The girl also told her mother that Varun had threatened to kill her if she disclosed his beastly act to anybody.
Based on this revelation and further confirmation from the younger brother of the victim, her parents lodged a complaint at Porompat police station on December 9 last year.