Girl student forced to drink alcohol, raped by constable

A girl student of Class VI was allegedly raped by a constable of the Indian Reserve Battalion after he forced her to drink alcohol at Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said today.

The student of a government higher secondary school, who was raped on March 2 recovered consciousness yesterday at the community health centre where she was taken to after being found lying beside the Circuit House, the sources said.

The victim was sent for medical examination.

The IRB constable, Lukbom Yonggam, was arrested yesterday after local people caught him, they said.

The local people gheraoed the police station demanding punishment for the constable.

The police fired in the air after a mob assaulted the constable last evening when he was being taken to the community health centre for medical examination, the sources said.

Army doctors treated the constable at the police station due to security reasons, the sources said.

Local MLA Thangwang Wangham said that the culprit should be dealt with an iron hand and asked the people not to aggravate the situation and let the law take its own course.

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