Imphal, August 08 2010: Even though restaurants with dark cabin that provide room for immoral activities are banned in Imphal and its surrounding areas as part of moral uplift drives, illicit activities of young lovers continue at these places.

A case of a rape of a 20-year old girl by her lover boy was registered with the police on August 6 last followed by the rape victim being hospitalized at RIMS hospital with complaint of bleeding injury in her private parts.

The mother lodged the complaint with the Singjamei police on the same on Friday after the girl was admitted at the hospital for medical treatment.

In her complaint with the Singjamei police station of Imphal west district, the mother alleged that her 20-year old daughter was raped in a restaurant located at Canchipur, Imphal by a youth named Koijam Romesh, a resident of Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai Imphal, who identified himself to be an ASI or SI in the state police department.

The daughter disclosed to her mother about the affairs with her boy friend at the restaurant at about 2.10 pm of the day.

She is currently being treating at RIMS Hospital.

The incident of immoral activity at the restaurant to light hardly after two months since volunteers of some civil organisations like the Ningol Khongchat Lup (NKL) conducted and checked several restaurants located in and around the Imphal city and ransacked closed cabins with dark rooms as part of a moral uplift drive.

During these drives, they found many telltale signs of immoral activities with the recovery of condoms and also boys and girls being caught red handed in compromising positions.They also asked owners of the restaurants to follow guidelines laid down by them regarding the prevention of immoral activities of young girls and boys.

They are observed that 80 % of women related crimes in the state originated from restaurants.

Dark rooms have been a favourable place for indulging in immoral activities for young girls and boys.

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