DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 23 (MExN): A 28-year old woman was arrested for assault of a minor in Wokha on Tuesday evening.
The incident surfaced after the victim - an 11-year old girl attended school on Monday with both eyes badly bruised and swollen. The school authority promptly made a complaint to the police. The woman, who is a stepmother to the girl and two younger siblings, reportedly assaulted her because she had misplaced some keys. The father of the girl – a personnel in the Indian Army is posted in Shillong. Police also informed that the woman had also assaulted the other two stepchildren on November 3 last which, however, went unreported.
According to sources, the woman had earlier been warned by the Lotha Eloe (Women) Hoho and the Colony women for abusing the children. The woman, currently under custody of the Wokha Police Women Cell, will be produced in court on Thursday.
