A 14-year-old minor girl, belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, allegedly molested by an employee of Assam University, Silchar. After the incident a First Information Report (FIR) lodged, police said on Saturday.
The university officials called the incident “very unfortunate” and asked the internal complaints committee (ICC) to submit a report within a week.
The accused, identified as Faruk Ahmed, who is currently on ran. Police launched a manhunt to arrest him.
According to the complaint, the victim went to the Law Department of Assam University on Friday accompanying a relative who works there. When she was found alone Ahmed dragged her to the toilet of the department and tried to undress the victim there.
Numal Mahatta, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Cachar said that an FIR was lodged at the local police outpost on the Assam University campus.
Pradosh Kiran Nath, the registrar of Assam University, said that the ICC is investigating the matter and has been working with the police since an FIR has already been filed at the police outpost.
He said, “We have a zero-tolerance policy against any criminal act, particularly the crime against women. The matter is being investigated and proper action will be taken.”
Police mentioned that the girl was sent to a shelter home and her statement has been recorded.
Further investigation is going on and police launched manhunt to arrest the accused.
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