Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl, an influential Mizo women organisation in the state, observed a black week, that began last Friday to register their anger and dismay against the recurring incidents of rape, molestation and harassment of women, particularly of minors. The members of the organisation marched through the main streets of Aizawl.
According to Mizoram police, there were around 357 rape cases filed in Mizoram since 2006 till November 17 this year, thus underlining the gravity of the crime.
The latest complaint of rape was filed on November 11 when Myanmarese-Mizo migrant, Henrty Venneichung, raped and killed a five-year-old girl in a jungle near Muallungthu.
This incident sparked a furore in the state and the village councils under the constituency served a notice on Monday asking all the Myanmarese nationals living there to quit the area.
Protesting the incidents of rape in the state, the Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl, an NGO, organised a rally in Lunglei today. The president of the organisation, Lalthlamuani, termed the act the “most heinous crime committed by the sexual perverts”.
The superintendent of police, Aizawl, Lalbiakthanga Khiangte, said the police investigation revealed that in most of the rape cases the victims were between the age of 10 and 15, and those involved in the crime were over 40.
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