Determine health of victim raped by ex-MLA

Shillong: Determine health of victim raped by ex-MLA . The Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to file an additional report on the health condition of a woman who was repeatedly raped by a militant in 2016 by a politician.

A division bench of the High Court observed during a hearing on Monday that the overall health of the 20-year-old survivor should be assessed and counseling should be provided for her career.
The official said the assembly secretariat may take some time to prepare itself for change and work is underway to allow members to discuss and speak in their mother tongues in addition to English.
In particular, psychiatrists and psychologists should deal with the trauma that the survivor has gone through. The court order said it was also important for the family to be advised about her career as, despite the fact that the surviving girl was under the supervision of the Child Welfare Committee, it was reported that she had completed her Class 6. After doing so, she was not interested in studying.
After being told by the state attorney that the child was still being cared for by the Child Welfare Committee, the court pointed out that the family must become self-sufficient so that they can survive, provide for themselves and live with dignity. Could be .

The bench said the amount of compensation would be estimated at the end of the appeal. “Another report on the current condition of the survivors should be filed by the state,” he said, adding that the matter would come up for hearing again in four weeks.
Months after the crime, the chairperson of the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights filed a complaint with the East Khasi Hills District Superintendent of Police here in 2016, alleging that politician Julius K. Dorphang, the banned Heine Whittrap National Liberation Council Is the former chairman of (HNLC) and a former Maoist MLA raped the victim, who was then a minor.

The complaint was treated as an FIR and cases were registered against Dorphang under various provisions of the IPC and the POCSO Act.