Nagpur: A 23-year-old rape survivor, who had lodged rape complaint against gangster Junaid Khan, is facing life threat as the dreaded goon is yet to be nabbed even after 21 days of filing the FIR.
Khan, who has several offences including MCOCA against him, is learnt to have vowed to teach the complainant a lesson as his wife too was made a co-accused in the case. Sources stated police are well aware of the fact about Khan’s wide network base across different cities including Rajasthan where the survivor stayed.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar and zonal DCP Vinita Sahu are monitoring the chase on a day-to-day basis and several teams have been pressed into action to nab Khan. Senior inspector Gajanan Kalyankar of Gittikhadan police station said, “Manual intelligence and technical details about Khan are being gathered.”
The survivor, based in Rajasthan, had come to city in the second week of January this year to meet the gangster’s wife who had been her friend for several years. She had come to city to seek her help to mortgage a property. The survivor was staying at her friend’s residence where Khan had raped her in the early hours of January 18 last month.
An offence was registered against Khan at Gittikhadan police station on the following day. Police had also made Khan’s wife and his friend as co-accused in the case as they were also present at the home. Though Khan’s wife and his friend were arrested, the gangster has remained elusive from the police dragnet despite several attempts being made so far.