The final hearing of gangrape rape case of a woman from Tamenglong was held on Tuesday in the Court of District Session Judge, Manipur West here. Government special prosecutor Ngangom Tejkumar talking to reporters on the sidelines of the hearing, said that the verdict of the rape case will be pronounced June 12 in the same court.
So far, 25 persons have given testimonies in the case wherein four accused including two India Reserve Battalion personnel are facing charges of rape. The hearing on the case had been going on for the last seven months with today being the last and final hearing.
A housewife from Khupan Lungli village of Tamenglong district was allegedly gang-raped by four persons including two IRB personnel on the intervening night of March 21 and 22 near Kakyai Primary School in Irom Meijrao.
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