ITANAGAR, 30: The Boh Ramo Bokar Welfare Society (BRBWS) on Sunday appealed Gauhati High Court Itanagar Permanent Bench, Yupia to preponed the hearing of 21 minor sexual assault case, which has been schedule on 3-4 October next.
BRBWS, Issue chairman Tanyong Samnam has inform that the victims and their families are in mental trauma due to heinous crime committed by the accused Tumken Bagra with their childrens. He address the media person at Arunachal Press club on Sunday here in state capital and sought support from the people, government and court of law.
Family members feels insecure as the accused is roaming freely, therefore to provide security towards the victims accused must be arrest at the earliest, he added.
Citing that according to the POCSO Act, any trail has to be completed within one year, Samnam said, it has been 280 days but instead of fast track court trail, accused has been freed which is a threat for the victim and their families.
“After the registering of case under POCSO Act, only three month is left but there is no tangible progress can be seen,” Said Samnam.
Appealing the community leaders and CBOs should help the victim’s family by not protecting the accused in the case, BRBWS said the criminal has no colour, religion and caste, rather their place is the jail only.
Earlier, the society also staged a protest dharna outside the court, when the hearing for cancellation of bail was held at HC.
The organisations stresses for immediate capital punishment to the accused without showing mercy. The accuse should be given a capital punishment instead of bail grant.
Earlier, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) this month appealed to the High Court (HC) to initiate the trial process of Tumken Bagra who assault/molested twins minor girl students of Government Residential School (GRS) Karo under Pidi circle in Shi-Yomi district in early November last year.
According to the Superintendent of Police (SP) SIT RR Singh, accused Bagra is a warden of said school since 2014-22 who had not only molested two minor students but also molested & assaulted another 19 students of the school who were living in the hostel.
The SIT charge-sheeted against the accused after a thorough investigation of the case where out of 21 students 16 are female and 5 male of age between 6-14.
