IMPHAL, April 20: A 14 year old minor girl who reportedly escaped from the clutches of human traffickers has been rescued by the locals of Kakching and handed over to the concerned police today.
Unfortunately, the younger sister of the minor girl aged about 12 years failed to escape.
Sources said that the minor girls were staying at the orphan home of the Grace Academy School situated at Ukrhul. The elder girl is said to be a student of Class VIII while the younger sister believed to be still in the custody of the traffickers is said to be studying in the V grade at the Grace Academy School.
The sisters’ only guardian, their elder brother is currently working as a helper in a medical store at Shillong.
Prior to handing over to the police the locals who rescued the minor girl informed the media persons and had an interaction with the victim.
The victim was not much familiar with the Manipuri language and was apparently exhausted.
She disclosed that on April 17, five strangers after having acquired the permission of the principal of the school identified as Nganingkhoi Tangkhul, took the two sisters for Imphal on a Bolero jeep (white in colour) on the pretext of sending them to their brother who is in Shillong.
Claiming that all the strangers spoke Tangkhul dialect, she continued that on their way to Imphal they were fed with a liquid owing to which they lost their consciousness.
On regaining consciousness the victim heard the trafficker chatting to have reached Litan wherein they stopped for lunch.
Taking the chance, she managed to sneak out of the vehicle and boarded an Imphal bound bus however could not get enough time to wake her younger sister.
Even as she could not recall the full registration number of the vehicle claimed to be noticed it had “1042” adding that that there have been instances of missing children from the home earlier.
After having reached Imphal she wandered helplessly and finally reached Kakching.
There she met a tribal lady identified as Ragini of Kakching Phunal Village to whom she narrated her ordeal.
Having stayed with the lady for two nights the victim was reportedly taken to Kakching parking to send her back. However, on hearing the victim resisting on the idea of Raganin sending her back, the passengers took her to N Romesh, a member of the Kakching municipal council ward no. 4.
Subsequently, Romesh along with members of the Joint Non Voluntary Association Kakching, handed over her to the Child Welfare Committee Thoubal and later to the police.
On the other hand, the Sora Village Authority (SVA), imposed a total 48-hour total bandh in Thoubal district in protest against the alleged raped of a minor girl of Sora Mayai Leikai who is also a student of the Grace Cottage Academy Kakching.
A statement issued by the SAVA said that the minor gild aged about 13 years was reportedly abducted by and raped by one Md Rahman alias Namba, 22 years, son of Md Samu of Sangai Yumpham Cherapur.
It said that the SVA with other civil organisations in meeting on April 18 set a deadline for the government to book and punish the culprit by April 20 failing which it threatened to imposed a 48 total Bandh in Thoubal district from 6 pm of April 21.
It said that the bandh is endorsed by All Manipur Muslim Organisation Co-ordinating Commitee (AMMOCOC), All Manipur Muslim Students Organisation (AMMSO), Pangal Student Organisation (PSO), All Manipur Muslim Women’s Development Organisation and other likeminded CSOs.
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