- DIMAPUR — The Old
Jalukie Village Council (OJVC) has banished Iriesibe, the accused in the
attempted rape on a minor girl, from the village for a period of three years.
- In an order dated June 6, the OJVC chairman Hainkieng and
Old Jalukie village GBs Pausui and Samyibe stated that the resolution was taken
at a special meeting of the village council on June 5. The meeting, attended by
elders, clan representatives, community leaders, and council members,
deliberated on customary norms and practices.
- The accused has been prohibited from entering the village or
participating in any form of social, cultural, or religious gatherings of the
community during the entire duration of the ban. The decision was take as per
customary law, it stated.
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- Meanwhile, in a separate press statement, the Jalukie
Pumling Mipui Organisation (JPMO) has condemned the May 31 attempted rape
incident of a 14-year-old minor girl by Iriesibe at Old Jalukie ‘Sector B’
village.
- “This vile and reprehensible act is a shameful betrayal of
our shared humanity and a direct assault on the dignity, safety, and innocence
of a child. It has inflicted deep pain not only upon the survivor and her
family but upon the conscience of every right-thinking member of society,” the
JPMO stated.
