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Indian MP arrested for raping minor girl
[Dhaka Tribune] The victim has accused the 51-year-old politician of sexually assaulting her twice in December after she was sold to him by traffickers.Indian police have tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! a politician from northeastern Meghalaya state on charges of raping a 14-year-old trafficked girl, an officer said on Saturday. Julius Dorphang, a Lion of Islam commander turned politician, was arrested in neighbouring Guwahati city late Friday after evading police for several days. "He was arrested last night and has been charged with raping a minor girl and human trafficking," Vivek Syiem, a police officer in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong, told AFP. The girl told police she was kept at a guesthouse and has accused seven other people, including a guesthouse employee, of trafficking and selling her to the politician. The guesthouse is owned by a state minister’s son, according to Syiem. Dorphang founded a Lion of Islam group in Meghalaya in 2000 seeking greater rights for two tribal groups, before laying down arms in 2007 and entering politics. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-08 |
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