Saturday, September 20, 2008

Kuki girls raped in Diphu

Diphu Sep 20 : According to delayed information, two sisters of a Diphu based Kuki family were raped in a hotel at Dimapur, on September 13. An FIR was lodged by the guardian of the victim with Diphu police on September 16.

According to sources, the two minor girls aged 15 and 11 years were taken to Dimapur on September 13 by two person namely Peter, a resident of Mahadev Tila near Haflong town and Chhara, a resident of Chaltlang locality of Aizawl, Mizoram who identified themselves as friend of their uncle.
The duo took them to Dimapur on the pretext that Diphu market was not proper for decent garment shopping. On reaching Dimapur, they rented a hotel and virtually kept the girls locked in the hotel room. The duo went out and came back drunk in the evening and tried to force the girls into drinking.

Both the girls were raped successively, one after the other. Fearing that the guardian of the minor girls would not spare them, one of the accused fled from Dimapur itself while the other brought the girls to Diphu and escaped.

Meanwhile, Kuki Students’ Organization, Karbi Anglong District and Kuki Movement for Women’s Right Assam region Karbi Anglong cell has condemned the incident in strongest terms and has demanded exemplary punishment for the rapists. The two organizations have also demanded compensation from the government for future treatment and welfare of the two girls.

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