In a major twist to the Shillong gang-rape case, one of the accused in the crime has filed an FIR against the woman for sexually assaulting him.
The accused, who was a minor at the time of the crime, has filed a police complaint at the Rynjah police station stating that the woman had sexually assaulted him on September 2023.
According to the accused, who claimed he was 17 years of age at that time, the woman was known to him and his friends and had visited their residence on few occasions to make videos of her gaming, songs and would ask him to share them with his school friends.
“I felt extremely harassed and humiliated at that time and the same had left me very shocked and surprised. However, since I was a student of class 10 at that time, I did not inform about the said incident to my parents or my teachers and elders thinking that I will be scolded and kicked out of school and my parents will stop my education. Recently, I came to learn that…(the woman) has lodged one FIR about the said incident showing that she was the victim, however I want to inform the actual facts of the incident and to say that I was sexually harassed by her when I was a class 10 student. However, I did not immediately lodge the FIR since I was threatened by her, and I was very scared of my parents and teachers that if any one comes to learn about the incident, it may tarnish the reputation of me and my family,” he said.
He further stated that the delay was not intentional.
East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police, Rituraj Ravi informed that the FIR has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act and IPC and investigation is under progress.
It may be mentioned that the minor was detained and three men were arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Nongthymmai.
Although the crime was committed last year, the young woman decided to come out in public to reveal her ordeal after the video of the crime was shared online.
