In yet another case of rape and molestation, a 23 year old differently-abled girl was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law. The incident happened on October 11 at the residence of the girl in Imphal East.
The victim was consoled by a group of NGOs working in the field of differently-abled persons on Tuesday at her residence.
According to the victim, she was raped by her brother-in-law Laishram Joykumar, 41 son of Tomba on October 11 during day time while taking advantage of the solitude when her parents were out for work. Joykumar also threatened to kill her if the matter was revealed to anyone, the victim stated.
Laishram Joykumar works as teacher at Shining School, Pangei and has three children.
According to family members, the girl did not take her meals and cried out of pain for some days without revealing anything about the incident. However, on October 12 evening around 6pm, the girl broke her silence and revealed the truth. Immediately, family members called Joykumar before the girl and she was frightened to see him and yelled that the man had raped her and became unconscious.
On the same day, the victim was taken to JNIMS for medical examination but she was further referred to RIMS.
Family members also told the media team that Joykumar was found missing when they returned from the hospital on the same night and accordingly an FIR was lodged at Heingang Police Station.
A police team arrived at her residence and took the apparels that she wore during the time of incident. The accused later surrendered to Heingnang police and was produced before the court on October 14 and remanded for 6 days in police custody.
Talking to media, victim’s mother stated that she had two daughters who were differently abled and one son. The victim was her second child and the eldest daughter had already married while her son will be giving HSLC examination next year. Being a poor family, the victim’s mother stated, she used to feed her children as a daily wage earner. Taking advantage of the solitude, Joykumar raped her differently-abled daughter and it was an extremely shocking incident.
The victim’s mother also said that the accused had tried to take advantage of her differently-abled daughter on many occasions for which she had scolded him.
The victim’s mother also said she does not want any money despite being a daily bread earner, but the victim should be given capital punishment so that such heinous crime in the society could be stopped for once.
General Secretary of All Manipur Disable Women organization, Sunita, stated that such inhuman act against the differently abled persons are increasing day by day and the state government has not been able to deliver proper justice.
President of Relief Centre for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Ch Okendro, who also visited the victim, stated that the organization will work at its level best to provide faster justice to the victim. He also appealed the concerned legal authorities to work for the justice and welfare of differently-abled persons with honesty and dedication.