Two teens arrested on charges of sexual assault

GANGTOK, 21 Nov: A 13-year-old has been taken into by the Gyalshing police for allegedly raping two minor girls aged 5 and 9 years in two separate incidents in West Sikkim. The accused is reportedly a resident of 5th mile, Malbasey, Gyalshing.
The first complaint was lodged by the father of the 5-year-old victim reporting that the accused assaulted his daughter at around 11 AM on 20 November. The victim is reportedly in a serious condition and has been referred to STNM hospital, Gangtok.
The second complaint is actually for what now appears to be juvenile’s first crime – a sexual assault which took place a few days before the incident reported above. This relates to the sexual assault by the 13-year-old on a 9-year-old girl.
This came to light after the mother of the victim was informed about it by a neighbor and later the girl related the harrowing experience. She too was sent for medical examination.
In another incident of sexual assault, a 19-year-old boy has been arrested by the police for having sexually assaulted a 69-year-old woman. In fact here, too, the boy is accused to having sexually assaulted the woman twice in her house. A case has been registered at the Namchi police station.
The aged victim was assaulted by the teen for the second time at around 2 a.m. on the night of 20 November. The accused, a resident of the same area, reportedly broke into the victim’s house knowing she was alone. As per the complainant this was the second incident as she had been assaulted by the same person earlier too.