Rajasthan: Two more held in Malakhera rape case

ALWAR: Facing criticism over dealing with rape case of 20-year-old girl, the Malakhera police in Alwar on Sunday arrested two more persons. Till date, the police have arrested seven persons in this connection, including three for making the video of the rape viral and four for the kidnap and rape of the girl.
The arrested accused included the main accused in rape case and one guard of the housing society where the girl was taken and raped.
Amit Singh, the investigating officer of the case, stated that seven accused in this connection have been arrested so far. “The identity of the two accused arrested on Sunday has not been revealed since the girl will have to identify them,” he added.
Initially police had arrested Vickey Chaudhary and Bhairu Jaat in this connection for the alleged kidnap and gang rape and one Gautam Saini was arrested for making the rape video viral. “Two others identified as Karan Meena and Pawan Jat have also been arrested for making the video viral,” said Singh.
Meanwhile, in the rape case of 12-year-old girl of Ramgarh police station, cops have arrested two persons identified as Jaffar (20) and Azaad (23) while the accused Waseem is on the run. “We have raided places and hopefully the third accused in this gang rape case would also be arrested. I have also visited the home of the rape survivor girl,” said Tejaswini Gautam, Superintendent of police, Alwar.
The girl in the FIR had stated that on June 29 while she had gone to feed fodder to the cattle she was overpowered by three youths who took her away from her home and raped her at a village under Ramgarh police station area.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)