Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Rapist lynched at Andro: Imphal, Apr : A father of six was poked by sharp weapons and left to bleed to death by a mob in an Imphal East village last night for allegedly raping a mentally challenged 11-year-old a month ago. By the time his family members found Aheibam Pishak, the 41-year-old was dead. Without a murmur of protest against the street justice, villagers of Andro Makha Leikai cremated Pishak today — not even waiting for a police team to arrive. Pishak had allegedly lured the victim from his neighbouring village into a temple with the promise of sweets and raped her while her family celebrated a festival. “The rapist took our daughter inside the temple while the villagers were celebrating Thabal Chongba (dancing in the moonlight) on March 27 night. He assaulted her twice and freed her after giving her Rs 10 and threatening her against revealing the incident to anyone,” a relative of the victim said. The girl did not disclose the assault to her parents, but narrated the ordeal...

Alleged rapist escapes: Imphal, Apr 21: A man belonging to Andro village who is accused of raping a 11-year old girl escaped from the custody of the underground RPF during a public trial held on Sunday evening, but the RPF has warned the rapist to surrender to the party within five days from Monday. The 50-year old man Aheibam Pishak, son of late A Hem Singh of Andro Makha Leikai is charged of raping an 11-year old girl identified as Chingakham Nirmala of Andro Mamang Leikai and reportedly escaped from the custody of the RPF/PLA on Sunday evening while the outfit was conducting the final trial in the rape case at Andro village. Later, the public at Andro village on getting information that the rapist had escaped became restless and demanded the immediate production of the culprit before the local public for necessary punishment on Sunday night. In the meantime, the spokesman of the RPF/PLA`s department of publicity and communication during a press conference held somewhere in greater I...