Police get custody of rape case suspect
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 24 2022:
A suspect in the rape case of a minor girl has been sent to police custody for seven days on charge of attempt to murder the father of the minor rape victim.
Police source said that the suspect, Irom Rakesh alias Naoba, son of Irom Bira of Lamboi Khongnangkhong Mamang Leikai allegedly assaulted father of the rape victim with a hammer and left him for death on Sunday night.
Lamsang police registered a case based on a complaint lodged by the victim's family and the suspect surrendered to police on Monday.
He was produced before a court, which remanded him to police custody for seven days to facilitate further investigation into the ease.