Meghalaya NEC employee accused of rape
A 58-year-old senior employee of the North Eastern Council, Meghalaya, has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody after he was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21-year-old female coworker. The accused identified as Shambhu Sharma is a cashier at the NEC. The arrest was made after the young woman filed her complaint at the Laitumkhrah police station in Shillong, in which she had narrated her alleged assault. The complaint mentioned that Sharma had asked the woman to accompany him to a bank in Shillong for assistance in some work-related task.
Sharma was able to convince the young woman to come by his apartment to pick up his tie after he had gone to the bank. She claimed that as soon as she entered, Sharma violently sexually assaulted her. On Monday, the event ha...