Sexual assault accused remanded
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 05 2025:
Nongthombam Mangal (41) of Khabam Maning Leikai who was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting minor boys has been remanded to police custody.
Nongthombam Mangal who runs a football academy was arrested by a team of Heingang police station based on a complaint lodged by family members of the minor victims.
Heingang police have registered an FIR under 351(2) of BNS and section 8 of the POCSO Act for committing sexual assault upon minor boys.
The accused was produced before a Duty Magistrate, Imphal East this evening by a team of Heingang police station along with a prayer to remand Mangal in police custody for smooth and proper investigation of the case.
The Duty Magistrate, after hearing the submission of the prosecution, remanded the accused in police custody till May 12.On the other hand, medical examination of the minor victims was conducted today at the Department of Forensic Medicine, JNIMS.
Matter came to light when the boys at the football academy complained to their parents that the coach had sodomised them and the matter was promptly brought to the notice of the police.
The accused was arrested yesterday.