Dividing line between truth and falsehood : The Khoupum rape
December 30, 2012  11:25
The fine line dividing the truth and falsehood can mislead. Two girls were raped, allegedly by two cadres of the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), an armed group at Khoupum in Tamenglong district in the night of October 5. 

Home Minister Gaikhangam has confirmed the rape report and as a Minister primarily in charge of the law and order situation, this amounts to coming from the horse's mouth. More so since Khoupum is the birth place of the Home Minister. 

On the other hand, the Information and Publicity Secretary of the outfit in question here has dubbed the two as deserters. This in essence means that they are not cadres or members of the ZUF. Two girls raped, both students, is confirmed, but the question now is whether the rapists were members of an armed group, which took up the guns on behalf of the people or were deserters. 

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