Shillong, Mar 9: The Meghalaya High Court has reduced the period of imprisonment to a person, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a five-year-old...
Cases of sexual assaults under POCSO were highest in East Khasi Hills district and lowest in South Garo Hills, reveals a preliminary report by the Meghalaya State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
According to police, the incident happened on February 15 but came to light a few days later after the girl's family member filed a complaint at Kachudaram police station.
The boy was a neighbour of the victim. The victim had gone missing on February 9, 2022; her mutilated body was found by her family members and villagers three days later.
Despite Meghalaya being a matrilineal society, the state has recorded 58 per cent cases involving sexual offences. Police statistics show that the crime against women in on the rise, and most of those cases are related to sexual assault.
Two person involved in rape and murder of a minor girl in 2019 have been handed death sentence by Special Court in North Tripura's Dharmanagar on Thursday.
