Dimapur Lakhuti-I Ekhung writes to Tikhir civil society over allegation of police harassment of rape victim
DIMAPUR, MARCH 12 (MExN): The Dimapur Lakhuti-i Ekhung has written to Y. Tushila Caroline, President TWA, N. Yutsu, President, TTUD, and Peter Limti Tikhir, President, TSUD, asking for allegations made against the police officers of the Dimapur women’s cell to be “thoroughly delved into to ascertain the actual facts.”
This was written in a letter, signed by Motsuo Ezung, Chairman of the Dimapur Lakhuti-i Ekhung, to the Tikhir civil society after the latter alleged that cops from the Dimapur women’s cell had harassed, beaten and subsequently coerced the victim of the January 12 gang rape in Dimapur to withdraw the complaint. Mentioning that Rose Yanthan, Inspector Officer-in-Charge, Women Cell, Police Station, Dimapur (one of those against whom the accusation has been leveled) is a “bonafide member of this Ekhung” hailing from Lakhuti Village, it noted that “contending parties may be given the opportunity to hear from both sides, so that any misconception causing collateral damage may be avoided.”
Ezung, on behalf of Dimapur Lakhuti-i Ekhung, requested and urged authorities concerned to “look into the matter without any bias or partially and let the actual fact and truth come out so as to avoid any misunderstanding between the two communities.”
The Ekhung has also expressed “deep sympathy to the victim and her family members for the inhumane, macabre and heinous crime committed upon the young girl by the three accused persons in 12.01.2014 and vehemently condemn the crime. We have full faith that the law will take its own course of action and exemplarily punishment awarded to all the three accused persons.”
