Moreh, September 19 (MExN): The Women Action for Development (WAD) on Saturday condemned the alleged rape/sexual assault of a 3 and half year old girl at a village in Moreh.
The WAD said that it had received information that the minor was raped by a juvenile from the same locality on September 15. While an FIR has been lodged at the Moreh Police station, the accused is still at large, according to a press statement from the WAD. It meanwhile alleged that the case has been settled with Rs.3.50 lakh under customary law.
In this regard, the WAD expressed that “there are many cases of such heinous crime committed against women and children which are settled with a pig, buffalo etc and failed to be reported specially from the hill districts.” It asked the family, community and village khullakpa/Chiefs to take initiative to handover the rapist to police without delay.
The WAD also appealed to the concerned Police Station to arrest the rapist and frame the charge sheet within 2 months without delay.
