Rape of Dulumaya Tamang of Bordoloni, Dhemaji, Assam by Assam Poice,
August 1997
i. Miss Dulumaya Tamang
Age:- 12 Yrs.
D/o:- Mr. Jit Bahadur Tamang
Vill:- Jayrampur Saygharia
P.S.:- Bordoloni
District:- Dhemaji, Assam, India.
ii. Miss Sandimaya Tamang
Age:-12 Yrs
D/o:- Mr. Jit Bahadur Tamang
Vill:- Jayrampur Saygharia
P.S.:- Bordoloni
District:- Dhemaji, Assam
Perpretator:- Assam State Police
EVENT
Date:- 4th August 1997
Time:- Midnight
Place:- Jayrampur Saygharia
At midnight, on the 4th of August 1997, two policemen on patrol duty
in civilian clothes, entered in the residence of Mr. Jit Bahadur Tamang.
Miss Dulumaya Tamang was asleep at that time. The policemen
forcefully picked her up, carried her to a bamboo bush nearby,
where they raped her continuously for two hours. Late in the night,
Miss Dulumaya managed to come back to her house to tell her mother
details of the incident. Her mother Mrs. Kamalimaya Tamang, with the aid of
other villagers, immediately made a written complaint to the Bordoloni police
outpost. However, the Officer-in-Charge of the Police Station refused to
register the case and
refused to order any medical test of the victim.
In addition, on the 28th of August 1997, a group of policemen came back to
the house of Mrs. Kamalimaya Tamang and beat Jit Bahadur Tamang,
her husband for making the complaint about the rape case. Once again,
they carried Miss Sandimaya Tamang outside and raped her from 12 P.M. to 3
A.M.
FOLLOW-UP
After the incident Mr. Jit Bahadur Tamang is untraced till
date and no action has been taken by the District Administration.
The local citizens have submitted a memorandum demanding judicial
enquiry of the incident.
Date of write-up: Late December '97