Raped and assaulted last year, 15 year old girl left to fend for herself sans any Govt aid
Charge-sheet prepared but yet to reach Court
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 25 2013: Even though Senapati Police are said to have filed a charge-sheet against an accused in connection with the rape of a 15 year old girl whose eyes were also substantially damaged on February 9 last year, the charge-sheet is yet to reach the Court of CJM Senapati.

Following the brutal rape and assault, the girl's left eye went blind while the right is yet to recover fully.

At the same time, the girl is not getting any assistance or compensation from Social Welfare Department generally entitled to rape victims and handicapped students.

The girl went searching for a missing sheep in the afternoon of February 9, 2012, But she was raped and her eyes smashed at an isolated place even though she could somehow survive the ordeal.

In connection with the crime, Senapati Police registered FIR No 14(2) 2012 under Section 376, 307 and 326 of IPC.

Senapati Police then filed a charge-sheet against one Ningombam Shantikumar of Sekta Mayai Leikai on July 20, 2012 .

But it turned out that the charge-sheet has not yet reached the Court of CJM Senapati.

One official of Senapati Police related to the case claimed that the charge-sheet has been filed and accused Shantkumar is currently languishing in judicial custody.

Although parents of the victim found some solace on learning that the culprit has been sent to jail, they have been suffering from acute mental agony thinking about the fate of their daughter.

With donations coming in from different quarters could not able to meet the expenditures incurred during treatment of their daughter, the couple sold off one cow and four sheep.

Informing that the they were instructed to bring the girl for medical check-up in June this year, the mother said, "The doctor advised us to come for medical check-up every six months.

But we are not sure if we can afford the next check-up which falls in June" .

Besides being a family which have been surviving by as agricultural labourers and rearing a few cattle, sheep and goat, the parents are illiterate.

Yet, they have a burning desire to treat their daughter until she recovers fully and and is able to go the school for proper formal education.

The couple have not been issued any BPL or AAY card.

Before the brutal incident, the girl was very healthy and helpful to her parents.

But these days, with her left eye blind and the right eye not fully recovered, the girl has lost both her health and spirit.

"I cannot see bear to see the condition of my young daughter.

I can only cry every time I see her in such a maimed and dispirited condition", moaned the grieving mother.

She also sought all possible assistance assistance from the Government so that her daughter can live on her own.

Though the girl was reading in class VIII before she was raped, she is still reading in the same class for she could not attend school while undergoing medical treatment.

At first, the girl was admitted in RIMS but she was referred to Shankardev Natralaya, Guwahati for her damaged eyes could not be treated there.

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