Rape accused sent to jail
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 04 2015 :
L Sananingthem, the rape accused in the Popular English School rape case, was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West which sent him to judicial custody on Monday.
L Sananingthem (33) is accused of raping the wife of the chowkidar of Popular English School, Lamdeng Makha Leikai in Imphal West on April 26 last.
A large number of women who were present inside the court complex protested and shouted slogans as the alleged rapist was coming out of the court room.
But the police escorting the accused managed to control the crowd and he was taken away in the police van.
Meanwhile, members of Manipur branch of Organisation for Indian Women against Crime (Women against Crime) visited the house of the victim woman who had been allegedly raped by L Sananigthem.
They met the rape victim and her family and shared their grief during the visit, a statement said.
It said the organization will make an all-out effort to award strict punishment to the rape accused.