Man held for twin rape attempts at school quarters in Ri-Bhoi

SHILLONG: A woman and her daughter resisted the rape attempt by a miscreant from Warmawsaw village in Ri Bhoi district recently leading to his arrest.
The accused identified as Welcome Nongbak (35), who hails from Warmawsaw village, tried to rape the 37-year-old woman in the quarter of St Thomas School, Warmawsaw, Patharkhmah, when she was cooking for a teacher and his friends on December 27.
The relatives said that victim sustained injury on the face while fighting the rapist. The woman could not immediately go home as she was afraid that the accused would be hiding somewhere nearby.
The accused later entered the house of the victim at around 5.30 pm and tried to molest the victim’s 13-year-old daughter who was sleeping. However, she woke up and resisted his attempt. The accused was later arrested.
In a statement issued to the media on Tuesday, CSWO president Agnes Kharshiing, who is following up the case, while condemning the incident urged the authorities to deliver speedy justice to rape victims.
According to Kharshiing, due to the delay in the trial of rape cases, the perpetrators feel that they can get away with such heinous crimes against women and children, as can be figured out from the growing rate of such crimes.
Kharshiing said that the state government should provide transportation to victims from their home to the Court and back, when they are asked to give their statements in Court so that they do not have to spend money from their pockets, as there are times the victims are made to come many times when Judges are on other duties.