Giving just three days to submit a report and find out how a “rapist” Meghalaya police fled from police custody, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) today said it would have “zero tolerance” on the case.
Summoning the Director General of Police, Prem Singh, Principal Secretary (Home) and (Social welfare), KS Kropha and PW Ingty respectively before the Commission here today, the investigation report that these officials presented before it was rejected as the document was “incomplete and not satisfactory.”
“The report submitted by the Meghalaya Government was incomplete and not satisfactory. We are not happy with the report. Therefore, a high level inquiry must be instituted and the report must be submitted within three days,” Yogesh Dubey, member NCPCR, said.
On the other hand, the Commission has directed the Meghalaya Government to suspend “all the supervising officials involved in the case”, this includes a Deputy Superintendent of Police at Ampati Police Station, which is the constituency of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in South West Garo Hills district.
Two Sisters were allegedly raped by the Officer in-charge of Ampati Police Station, Nurul Islam after getting the minors into the police Station on some pretext, which is still not clear. The minors were later threatened under gun point not to disclose the crime.
However after an FIR was filed by the victims’ father on Saturday, the police “arrested” Islam, but “put him in a Government quarter in Tura instead of a lock up,” from where he fled. Islam and another police official have been placed under suspension.
“There have been serious lapses in this case and we have insisted that stern action must be taken against all those who are found guilty,” Dubey added.
The Commission further directed the police to book the accused under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. Moreover, the security of the victims and their family would now lie on the Government till the accused is nabbed.
Further, the Commission has not taken kindly the reinstatement of Sub-Inspector, SN Roy in his post, after being suspended for allegedly raping a minor in another case. The Commission directed the State Government to suspend him immediately.
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