Aizawl, Aug 27 (PTI) A special court in Mizoram's Champhai has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for molesting a minor in 2019.

Special judge of POCSO court Sylvie Zomuanpuii Ralte convicted Vanhreluaia and announced the sentence on Saturday.

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The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict failing which he will have to undergo an additional two years' imprisonment.

Vanhreluaia had molested the 5-year-old girl by taking the minor outside her house in a locality of east Mizoram's Champhai town in 2019, officials said.

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