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Arrest parents who sexually abused daughter: Mizoram activist

AIZAWL: Aizawl-based social activist Vanramchhuangi aka Ruatfela Nu , on Thursday filed an FIR at Zonuam police outpost in the western part of the city, demanding the arrest of the parents of a two-year-old girl, who, according to a doctor, had been sexually abused before her death.

"In this case of sexual abuse against the two-year-old girl, I don't suspect anyone other than her parents - her father as an offender and her mother an abettor," Vanramchhuangi said in her complaint.



She said the crime amounted to "aggravated penetrative sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012 in which case a suspect or suspects, if there are any, is or are immediately arrested without any delay. "I am shocked that no one has been arrested in connection with the case registered at the Women PS in Aizawl late last week, even as there are prime suspects," she wrote in her complaint. She said swab samples had been collected and results were being awaited from the Forensic Science Laboratory. "It usually takes 10 days to get results from Forensic Science Laboratory, Aizawl. I don't think it is mandatory to wait for forensic results before making any arrest," she said.


(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)


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