Manipur girl molested in Delhi

IMPHAL, Sep 23 : A girl from Manipur was reportedly molested after being beaten up by her neighbours at Munirka, New Delhi last night. According to information received from North East Support Centre and Helpline, the incident occurred at around 11.30 pm when the girl turned off the light in the veranda before going to bed. A lady living downstairs told the girl to keep the light on. Thereafter an argument broke out between them. The girl alleged that the lady’s son came out and beat her up severely and then molested her.

She sustained injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment and later on lodged a compliant report with the local police.

The elder sister of the victim informed the North East Support Centre and Helpline that the lady along with her husband, son and daughter also threatened to chase out all the Manipuris from Munirka.

Meanwhile, spokesperson of the North East Support Centre and Helpline Madhuchandra has spoken to Station House Officer (SHO) of Vasant Kunj Police Station Palbinder to look into the matter.

The police officer also informed the North East Support Centre and Helpline that the second party has lodged a counter complaint of alleged rape attempt by the younger brother of the victim.

This is not the first time that girls from the North East have been assaulted and molested in Delhi.

A number of girls from Manipur have been molested and assaulted by their landlords at the capity city.

Manipuri student held for murder

New Delhi, May 27 : A 25-year-old Manipuri youth, Gaijaomei George, was arrested here yesterday for murdering his pregnant girlfriend.

The body of 25-year-old Lily Kamei (name changed), also from Manipur, was recovered from the thick jungles of Banta Hills in North Delhi on May 14 by local police. Three cans of beer lay near the body.

A post-mortem revealed that Lily was four months pregnant. However, since no identification was found on the person or at the site of the murder, the body was kept at the mortuary.

What baffled the police was that no one filed a missing person’s report even days after the murder.

They circulated a picture of the body to surrounding police stations.

It was at one of these that Lily’s sister, Easter, with whom she lived, identified the body from the maroon top and black jeans.

Though reports of the murder and a description of the clothes worn by the murdered person had been published in the media the day after the body was found, Easter said she did not suspect foul play as Lily had gone out with Roshan, George’s friend, whom the family knew well.

She started getting worried when Lily did not come home even after five days and neither Roshan nor George answered calls. She then went to the police stations, where she was shown the photo and identified Lily. “After interrogating Easter, we found that Lily had gone out with Roshan and George that day. George, who was arrested, initially tried to wriggle out of it but finally confessed to the crime.

George told the police that Lily was having affairs with other men and that made him angry. “He took her to the park on the pretext of having a drink and they had a heated argument over her dalliances.

He claimed that when she denied his allegations, he slit her throat while Roshan covered her mouth and held her by the hair,” investigating officer Suraj Bhan said.

The duo left the body in the park and Roshan left Delhi.

The police recovered the murder weapon, a knife, and the blood-stained clothes of George from his house.

George, the son of a lower-level government official in Manipur, had come to Delhi in 2007 and was preparing for the UPSC exam. Lily was a nurse in a private hospital at Model Town in North Delhi and had quit her job recently.