RPF penalises alleged rapist
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 24 2024:
The proscribed Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) shot a 61 year old man in the leg for allegedly defiling a woman.
The person who was penalised by the outfit is M Ibohal alias Tomba (not real names), a resident of a particular village under Kumbi police station in Bishnupur.
Speaking to the media at a place in Bishnupur district before penalising Ibohal, division secretary of RPF central bureau said that Ibohal was given the punishment for allegedly raping a 26 year old woman who has mental problem.
Saying that the outfit decided to give three penalties to the alleged rapist, he added that Ibohal has to pay Rs 5 lakh to the victim's family within 10 days and he (the alleged rapist) also should not stay at his village for five years.
The third punishment would be harsh, he added.
He said that the alleged rapist has to obey all the penalties imposed on him.
Claiming that Ibohal raped the young woman three times, the RPF leader continued that the victim went to Ibohal's house frequently in the past to watch TV shows.
Further stating that the woman was taken to a hospital outside Manipur as she developed some problem in her menstrual periods, the RPF leader added that the woman was found three month pregnant during examination at the hospital.
Stating that the families of the alleged rapist and the victim tried to resolve the matter quietly, he added that the victim's family lodged a complaint to the outfit as Ibohal didn't cooperate.
Continuing that they picked up Ibohal from his house on May 18 and started interrogating him, he added that they took some time in penalising the alleged rapist as the outfit does not believe in mob justice.
RPF doesn't encourage the practice of destroying houses when someone in the family commits a crime, he said and added that the outfit has advised the meira paibi lup and youth club concerned to not vandalise the house of Ibohal.
After the press briefing, a man was found lying with a bullet wound in the leg near Akasoi Turel in the intervening area of Wangoo and Kumbi in Bishnupur district at around 1.30 pm and the person is suspected to be Ibohal.