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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) has demanded exemplary punishment to an engineer, who allegedly raped his minor domestic helper in East Kameng district.
East Kameng police on Tuesday had arrested TamikMakcha, the assistant engineer working at Bameng PWD Division, for alleged rape of the 14-year-old girl who was employed as his domestic help.
Taking suomoto cognizance of the incident, APSCPCR Chairperson GumriRingu spoke to the Chairman of Child Welfare Committee, Seppa and the Investigating Officer of the women police station, who informed her that the case under section 4 of the POCSO Act 2012 was registered and the alleged accused has been arrested.
Expressing serious concern over increasing crimes against women and girl children, the APSCPCR directed the Child Welfare Committee to give psychosocial support to the victim and legal aid.
The Commission also urged the authority concerned to provide compensation to the victim under the AP Victim Compensation Scheme 2011.
According to police sources, the minor has claimed that Makcha raped her on several occasions and would strike her when she resisted.
The alleged accused had last raped the minor on the night of November 20, after which the girl went and filed a complaint at the Women Police Station at Seppa, the district headquarters, the next day, the sources informed.
A case was registered under the POCSO Act against Makcha on November 21 at the women police station in Seppa.
The accused is in police custody for further investigation, the sources added.
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