IMPHAL, July 12: A man has been arrested and his house ransacked by irate locals for allegedly making a minor girl who was staying in his boarding house pregnant.
The class VI student was found three-months pregnant.
She was staying in a boarding house located at Mayang-Imphal Konchak Mayai Leikai under Mayang-Imphal Police Station.
The accused has been identified as Sagolshem Ranbir Singh, 34 son of S Khagemba Singh of Mayang-Imphal Maibam Konjil but currently staying in his boarding house.
The victim girl aged around 12 years also hails from Mayang-Imphal area.
Reports said when the young girl complaint that her monthly menstrual cycle had deferred by two months, her mother took her to a doctor and found she was pregnant.
When the mother asked her daughter how it happened and who was responsible, the girl disclosed that the act was committed by Ranbir.
Meanwhile, irate locals vandalised the residence of Ranbir this evening around 4.30.
The mob also thrashed the owner of the boarding house. On interrogation, the accused confessed that he had committed similar act to another girl staying in his boarding house in the past.
On hearing the news that the residence had been ransacked, a team of police and fire brigade arrived and brought the situation under control.
Police have arrested the accused who was later handed over to Imphal West District Women Police Station for further necessary action.
Medical examination of both the victim girl and accused will be conducted tomorrow, the reports stated.