Imphal, October 20 2020: Special Judge POCSO Imphal East has remanded Manipur minor girl rape accused to judicial custody till November 3. Earlier, the rape accused Nameirakpam Shahep @ Santa was remanded to judicial custody till October 20. He is accused of raping a minor girl on October 9.
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The rape accused was produced before the Court at around 2 pm when angry locals and family members of the victim who were already present at the Cheirap Court Complex tried to attack him. Angry locals and family members of the minor rape victim tried to storm and attack a 50-year-old rape accused when he was produced before the Special Judge POCSO Imphal East today.
However police personnel managed to control the situation and the accused was taken inside the Court building.
The police pushed the people outside the Court complex and sealed the entrance. The people, outside the Court, shouted slogans demanding capital punishment of the accused.
Later, after the completion of the Court proceeding the people again tried to attack the accused and blocked the main entrance before additional police force arrived and whisked the accused away in a police vehicle.
The incident of the alleged rape happened on October 9 at a place in Imphal West. The accused who was in hiding after allegedly committing the crime was arrested on October 10 night from Kumbi Naotangkhong, based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother.
During the hearing today, the Investigating Officer of the case submitted that the accused has ‘admitted’ to committing the crime and revealed that he had committed the offence to the minor victim at many instances.
He had allegedly threatened the minor victim not to disclose the offences to her family.
The Court, after hearing the submission, remanded the accused to judicial custody till November 3 .
