Manipur, Jan. 29 -- Manipur High Court has directed the state government to take appropriate action against a government doctor for furnishing false reports in a sexual case involving a minor boy in Tengnoupal district.

In a case of sexual assault to a minor boy in Tengnoupal district of October 2022, a government doctor at the subdivisional hospital, Moreh, Tengnoupal district had issued a false report to the effect that no injuries were found on the victim.

His report is belied by the subsequent report of November 23, 2022 of the Department of Forensic Medicine, JN Institute of Medical Sciences, Porompat, Imphal East, which clearly indicated that there were signs of sexual violence committed upon the child.

It was found from an affid...