A policeman in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya has been sent to a five-year jail term for molesting a minor in 2013.
The verdict was pronounced by the East Garo Hills district sessions and POCSO court in Meghalaya.
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The convict has been identified as Ajaybirth Ch Marak, who was seving as a constable with Meghalaya police.
On January 24, 2013, Marak had molested an eight-year-old minor girl inside her house.
The convict is already in Williamnagar jail in Megahalaya when the verdict was pronounced by the East Garo Hills district sessions and POCSO court.
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In a similar case, a court in Shillong sentenced a person named Ferdinus Marbaniang to five years and three months in jail for sexually assaulting a minor girl.
Marbaniang had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old.