Itanagar, Aug 22: The police in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh have arrested a postgraduate teacher of English, identified as Nong Jamoh (38), in reference to the rape of a 16-year-old girl student.
Reportedly, the minor was brutally raped on Saturday afternoon, after the teacher had summoned her to his quarters under the pretext of “discussing syllabus.”
The victim is a Class 12 art student of the Independence Golden Jubilee Government Higher Secondary School in Arunachal.
The police informed that the girl sustained excessive inner bleeding and is presently under observation in the hospital, adding that she is also required to be operated on.
The police stated that the medical report is yet to be received. “The accused was arrested on the same day, at around 12:30 am on Sunday night, with the assist of his own circle of relatives members,” the police stated.
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The police said that the accused were absconding and converting his hideouts after committing the crime.
“Accordingly, a seek team, including APPS officer Token Saring, Pasighat PS OC Inspector Otu Gao, Inspector Abraham Taying, Mebo PS in-fee SI Aditya Chandra, SI S Machey, and Women Police Station L/SI Oyin Tari, changed into shaped and all of the suspected places of the accused have been raided simultaneously,” the police stated.
A case [u/s 376 (2) (f) (3) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)], under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, has been registered at the women’s police station.
The police knowledgeable them that the sufferer’s assertion has now no longer been taken but, for the reason that her circumstance isn’t stable.
The accused hails from Yagrung village in East Siang district.
