Meghalaya MLA arrested for raping minor

Julius Dorphang, an independent MLA from Meghalaya, was arrested in Guwahati on the charges of raping a minor. Dorphang, who was on the run after a lookout notice was issued against him, was nabbed after officials carried out a raid in Assam's Guwahati. The sitting MLA of the Mawhati constituency was charged under the Prevention of Child from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, after a 14-year-old minor named the lawmaker in her statement before the state commission for protection of child rights.