Shillong, January 11: TUR urges the Mawhati Constituency Political Committee (MCPC) to stop attempting to whitewash the crimes of Julius Dorphang by terming it a political conspiracy. Fact remains that a 14 yr old girl was sexually assaulted by this MLA and he needs to be held accountable under the criminal justice system which is not in the hands of the Mawhati electorate.
This criminal justice system which involves investigations by the police comes under the Home Minister.TUR is therefore amused at the politically insidious and ignorant statements made by the Sohiong Block Congress Committee which convened a meeting to further mislead people on the incidents of the Marvelene Inn Trafficking case.
These political agents of H D R Lyngdoh in the same breath even appeared to be promising roads,bridges etc as sops and inducements so as to further fool the Sohiong electorate. Mr. HDR Lyngdoh may be the Sohiong MLA, but his powers as a Home Minister is one conferred in the name of all the people of Meghalaya and we therefore have every right to hold him accountable.
The demand for his resignation as a Home Minister is to ensure an independent and wideranging investigation into the trafficking case in which his familys guest house has been named. We reiterate that he steps down immediately so that justice is not only done but is seen to be done.
It has been reported that the 14 yr old victim was taken to the guest house twice.Claims by his son that he and the Manager are unaware of the unlawful happenings in the guest house is untenable and they need to know that ignorance of law and supposed negligence on the part of the proprietor and manager is not an excuse and will not hold in the court of law.
One needs to remind the people that till TUR and CSWO filed an FIR against Marvelene Inn, the police on its own accord had not applied the law in letter and spirit. Tur said “We reiterate that HDR Lyngdoh should relinquish his Home Portfolio immediately”.
