AHMEDABAD: A special POCSO court on Friday framed charges against eight persons in connection with the gang rape of a 17-year old
Dalit girl in a hotel near Shah-e-Alam Toll Naka in July 2015.
Special judge B J Ganatra framed charges under sections 363, 376 2(g), 114 of the IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act as well as atrocity laws against Zafar alias Sohail Shaikh,
Tausif Alam Tirmizi, Razaurrehman Ansari, Mashkur Ali Alvi, Shozabkhan Pathan as well as two hotel staff – Ramesh Panchal and Bharat Damor.
Panchal and Dmor, who were working at the Silver Spring Hotel where the alleged incident had taken place, have been charged for abetment and violation of police notification, said advocate Anand Brahmbhatt who represents some of the accused persons.
The J division police had also filed a chargesheet against the hotel owner Vijay Soni, but
Gujarat high court quashed the case against him. The police investigation revealed that the 17-year-old girl was taken to the hotel on July 26, 2015 evening on a motorcycle by one of the accused persons, and then she was detained in the hotel room for next two days.
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