IMPHAL, July 29: The All Tribal Disabled Union, Manipur (ATDUM) today accused the state police of not taking seriously about the recent rape case of a 22-year-old physically challenged woman.
Momo Tangtanga, president, ATDUM while addressing the media at the Press Club here, said that it was unfortunate that the Imphal West district’s Thangmeiband Polem Leikai resident disabled woman was allegedly raped by one B Samananda Sharma of Samaram Mayai Leikai in Thoubal district.
He said the union condemns the incident in the strongest terms and protested that the police have not taken any step to arrest the culprit till date.
Tangtanga also appealed to the concerned police station for immediate arrest of the alleged rapist.
The accused reportedly raped the woman in her own house on July 26 and now he is in large since then. Samananda was working in a rice stall near Polo Ground here with the victim’s mother.
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