A 24-year-old man from Assam’s Cachar district has been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl in June last year.

According to police, the incident took place in June 2024 when the accused, identified as Enamul Haque Laskar, an autorickshaw driver, allegedly kidnapped the minor from her home and raped her inside his vehicle near a tea garden.

The girl was later found near the garden, and based on a complaint filed by her family, a case was registered at Udharbond Police Station under Section 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), now Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Police arrested Enamul soon after the incident. His bail pe

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