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Two Minor Mizoram Girls Abducted, Gang-Raped in Assam, Three Arrested
Three men have been arrested for allegedly abducting and gang-raping two minor tribal girls from Mizoram in a moving car in Assam's Cachar district, police said. The victims, both minors from Kolasib…
The Story in Brief
Three men have been arrested for allegedly abducting and gang-raping two minor tribal girls from Mizoram in a moving car in Assam's Cachar district, police said. The victims, both minors from Kolasib district, reached Dholai police station at around 2.30 am on August 3 and reported the crime.
The accused have been identified as Amjad Hussain Laskar (20), Saddam Hussain Laskar (23), and Rinku Das (25). They have been charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for gang rape and abduction and the POCSO Act. Police have recorded the victims' statements and conducted medical exams. The victims' families have been informed. Investigators are examining the accused's claim that they knew the girls through a common business connection.
The Indian Opinion
Headlines about gang-rapes often stir outrage, but here the facts are still under investigation: the victims first reported attempted rape before alleging actual assault. Caution is needed before concluding the exact sequence. Some may stoke alarm about cross-state crime between Mizoram and Assam, but police action and POCSO charges show legal safeguards are in place. The real test will be whether the trial delivers timely justice and whether the accused's business-connection claim is substantiated or disproved.
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