Manipur vows justice for gang-rape victim
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IMPHAL: A report of the gang-rape of a Manipuri woman at an Andhra Pradesh railway station has made the authorities and women's organizations here wake up and try to bring justice to the victim.
Unknown miscreants allegedly dragged the victim and her brother out of a Secunderabad-bound train at Palasa station in the south Indian state and gang-raped her.
The 28-year-old Manipuri woman, who was slightly disoriented and spoke incoherently when she was found by railway staff on the Pune Duronto express shortly after it left Howrah, is undergoing treatment at the Central Institute of Psychiatry in Kanke, Ranchi, where doctors have confirmed that she was sexually abused.
The victim told a train superintendent that she and her brother were dragged out of the train compartment at Palasa by the miscreants. The men took turns to rape her and then thrashed her brutally. Her belongings were also stolen, she said, and that she had no knowledge of her brother's whereabouts.
"We are shocked to hear the news. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that the victim gets justice," a member of the Manipur State Commission for Women told TOI.
"We will seek official information from the railway authorities, the Andhra Pradesh government and the Ranchi hospital to find out more details about the incident," she said.
Sobita Mangsatabam, secretary of the Imphal-based Women Action for Development vowed to do whatever it takes to ensure that the culprits were caught and given the strictest punishment.
"This is not the first case of sexual assault perpetrated on our sisters in the country. According to today's news report, the police are yet to register a case. We consider this attitude racial discrimination," Sobita said.
Police should immediately register an FIR and swing into action to nab the perpetrators, she said. "We will write to all concerned, including the railways and the Andhra Pradesh government, to book the perpetrators," she added.
A senior police officer here said no one had informed Manipur police about the incident, although according to the news report, it took place almost two months ago.
"We haven't received any information about the alleged gang-rape. Only today did we find out about it after reading the news. We will check with our counterparts and other authorities for confirmation and necessary action," he said.
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