Police refuse to register case in rape, murder incident
Source: Hueiyen News Service / BL Khuman
Imphal, June 20 2015 :
Family of a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and brutally murdered by three youths in Tamenglong district, has claimed on Saturday that the police have refused to register a case over the 'gruesome crime' .
The family of the victim insisted that the girl was sexually assaulted by the trio before she was being murdered by allegedly inserting an iron bar into her private part.
The accused then hung her from the ceiling of an abandoned house.
The ghastly incident took place on June 4 last.
The victim was a Class VIII student.
A team of representatives from Centre for Social Development (CSD), an NGO, along with media persons visited the house of the victim on Saturday.
The rape accused are Aphong (20), Abun (19) and Alingba (19), all from Oktan village which is located 19 km south east of Tamenglong Police Station.
The family said the victim girl's body was spotted by a kid who entered the abandoned house to search his toy.
Father of the victim had pleaded with the village authority to take drastic action against the accused, but a huge public meeting at the village held on June 7 decided to close the case by asking the families of the accused to pay Rs 15 lakh to the next of kin as compensation.
However, the father said, "We've not yet received the compensation" .
He made a strong appeal to the Tamenglong police to register a case in connection with the rape and murder incident and take actions against the accused according to the established law at the earliest.