"Mobilise Social Security To Check Crime Against Women: APSCW"

Alarmed at the rising crimes against women in the state particularly in urban areas, the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) has called for concerted efforts in mobilising social security to check crimes against the fair sex.

The commission, while condemning the rape of a minor girl by three youths on February 13 at Itanagar, sought immediate arrest of the third accused and urged the administration
not to release any accused on bail.

The victim was gangraped by three youths in the wee hours of February 13 when she was taking a stroll in the morning. However, Itanagar police managed to arrest two culprits while the third was absconding.

Responding to the appeal of the Galo Students' Union, the APSCW said the commission was inquiring with the police department on the case.

Meanwhile, Arunachal Pradesh Women's Welfare Society (APWWS), led by its president Mangwati Mangmow, visited the victim and her family and assured to extend all possible help in providing exemplary punishment to the accused.

The society, while condemning the incident, urged the concerned authorities to nab the absconding culprit. It also called upon the students' organisations, NGOs and the society as a whole to stand against such heinous crimes.