JAIPUR: A 17-year-old hearing and speech impaired girl was gangraped allegedly by five persons in Dausa’s Lalsot police station area on August 4. Senior police officers including Jaipur IG S Sengathir reaching Dausa to take stock of the situation
“We received information on Saturday night that a minor had been gangraped following which we started investigation and found that the she had been sexually assaulted by five persons who had been named in the FIR. According to the complaint, the girl was walking to a store in the village when the accused took her in their vehicle on the pretext of taking her to a temple following which each of them took turns to rape her,” said Sengathir.
According to information, the accused kidnapped the girl around 11 am and dumped her back in the village around 5 pm during which time they kept calling others to rape her. Through sources, cops found that two accused took her on the a and raped her near a temple and then called others to take advantage of the situation.
Elaborating on the case, the IG said, “The girl’s mother had gone out of the village and returned on August 6 after which she realised that something was amiss. Getting any information from the child was difficult due to the challenges which the minor was facing but she still gave us the names of the accused who all were from the same village as her.”
Cops arrested three out of the five while the hunt is on for the remaining two. A case of gangrape, abduction as well as under POCSO Act has been registered. The minor’s medical examination was done and doctors claimed that fortunately she did not suffer any major injuries, claimed officials.
On Sunday, the issue gained traction when leaders of the opposition met the girl’s family who claimed the cops did not register FIR and it gave time for the accused to get away. Sengathir said, “We registered the FIR as soon as we received information.”
BJP leaders have threatened a mass agitation if all the accused are not arrested by August 15.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
In Video:Shocking: Hearing and speech impaired minor girl abducted, gang-raped in Rajasthan's Dausa
“We received information on Saturday night that a minor had been gangraped following which we started investigation and found that the she had been sexually assaulted by five persons who had been named in the FIR. According to the complaint, the girl was walking to a store in the village when the accused took her in their vehicle on the pretext of taking her to a temple following which each of them took turns to rape her,” said Sengathir.
According to information, the accused kidnapped the girl around 11 am and dumped her back in the village around 5 pm during which time they kept calling others to rape her. Through sources, cops found that two accused took her on the a and raped her near a temple and then called others to take advantage of the situation.
Elaborating on the case, the IG said, “The girl’s mother had gone out of the village and returned on August 6 after which she realised that something was amiss. Getting any information from the child was difficult due to the challenges which the minor was facing but she still gave us the names of the accused who all were from the same village as her.”
Cops arrested three out of the five while the hunt is on for the remaining two. A case of gangrape, abduction as well as under POCSO Act has been registered. The minor’s medical examination was done and doctors claimed that fortunately she did not suffer any major injuries, claimed officials.
On Sunday, the issue gained traction when leaders of the opposition met the girl’s family who claimed the cops did not register FIR and it gave time for the accused to get away. Sengathir said, “We registered the FIR as soon as we received information.”
BJP leaders have threatened a mass agitation if all the accused are not arrested by August 15.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
In Video:Shocking: Hearing and speech impaired minor girl abducted, gang-raped in Rajasthan's Dausa
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