by Pereetam BC

Kajalgaon (Chirang), Aug 22: Various student and social organizations including the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), Bodoland Janajati Suraksha Mancha,  All Bodo Women Welfare Federation (ABWWF) has demanded strong action and immediate arrest of the accused involved in the abduction and raped of a 12 years old tribal girl at Bortola under Dhaligaon police station in Assam’s Chirang district on 15 August last.

Students, local citizens led by Kajalgaon Anchalik Committee of the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) on Wednesday carried out a protest rally at Kajalgaon  demanding immediate arrest of the accused Mohibul Ali Ahmed alias Babu,capital punishment to the culprits and provide compensation to the victim.

A memorandum was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Chirang for immediate arrest and action against the culprits involved in the crime.

The Bodoland Janajati Suraksha Mancha (BJSM) and All Bodo Women Welfare Federation (ABWWF) too have expressed their strong voice against the rape of the minor tribal girl.

A delegate from BJSM and ABWWF lead by BJSM President Daoroa Dekreb Narzary, Ex- MP Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary and members from the ABWWF on 20 August met Chirang Deputy Commissioner Gautam Talukdar seeking his intervention into the case. They expressed their strong reservation in the police failure to arrest the culprits involved in the case even after 5 days of the incident.

“It has been over 5 days since the incident has happened but the accused is still to be arrested. We demanded that the culprits must be arrested at the earliest and punished, said BJSM President Daoroa Dekreb Narzary.

The 12-year old tribal girl was abducted in a four wheeler vehicle and raped on 15 August when the nation was celebrating the Independence Day. The accused identified as Mohibul Ali Ahmed alias Babu(21), son of Sharif Ali Ahmed of Baikhungaon near Bortola under Dhaligaon Police Station in Chirang district, along with his friend had reportedly abducted the minor girl and raped her inside the four-wheeler at Bortola area along the National Highway 31©. The victim somehow managed to run and cried for help. A person from the locality helped the victim to reach Dhaligaon Police Station.

Police has registered a case (no.174/19) under IPC Section 176 (B) and POCSO Act at Dhaligaon Police Station. The accused is presently on the run.

This is not the first time minor tribal girls were targeted and raped in Chirang. In September 2018, one 11 years old physically challenged girl was raped by one Azgar Ali in Garubasha area in the district. Before that in March 2014, a17-year-old girl was gang-raped and killed on the bank of the Makra in Chirang district. The girl, a first year higher secondary student of Amguri Higher Secondary School, had gone fishing in the Makra along with another girl from her village, under Amguri police station in Bijni subdivision, when they were chased by about six to seven youths. The goons caught one of the girls and allegedly gang-raped her before slitting her throat. The girl died on the spot while her friend managed to escape and inform the villagers.