Source: The Sangai Express
Lamka, March 29 2009:
The forty-year-old man who was allegedly caught red-handed while attempting to rape a minor girl at Pearsonmun on Friday was sent to jail after he was apprehended by the local police last-night, police sources said.
Booked under 30 (3) CCP-PS under section 354/377/511 IPC, S Kamsuan Ngaihte, a resident of Pearsonmun was sent to Sajiwa Jail in Imphal.
Worried over the incident that was witnessed in their village, women folk of the village under the aegis of Zomi Mothers' Association, Pearsonmun Unit today undertook a mass protest rally along the length and breadth of their village.
Women, young and old alike took to the streets with placards condemning the frequent molestation of women in general and the incident a couple of days back at their village in particular.