GRD jawan accused of raping minor girl, extortion held

Vadodara: Four persons including three Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawans were arrested by the Savli police after they allegedly extorted money from a boy and a minor girl. One of the accused allegedly raped the minor girl later. The incident took place when the girl and boy were sitting at an isolated place near the Khakharia Narmada canal.
The girl and the boy were at the isolated location when GRD jawan Anil Gohil reached there with his friend Sangharsh Patel. The duo introduced themselves as cops and threatened the couple. They said that they would call their parents
Two other GRD jawans Jayendra Gohil and Mahesh Vasava also reached the spot and pressurized the duo. They roughed up the boy and took his motorcycle away and asked them to cough up Rs 8,000.
Three accused — Patel, Jayendra and Vasava — took the boy to an ATM on the Halol Road to withdraw money. Anil took the girl to an isolated place in his car and allegedly raped her.
After leaving the place, the girl told the boy about the rape.
The incident took place on Thursday and all the three accused other than Anil were nabbed on Friday. Anil was held on Saturday. A police official said that the accused had not been formally arrested yet. Their RT-PCR tests had been performed. A medical examination of the girl had also been done.
In March last year, a lok rakshak dal (LRD) jawan posted at Laxmipura police station in the city was arrested for raping a 21-year-old girl on Gotri-Ankodia Road. Surajsinh Chauhan had also blackmailed the girl who was hanging out with her male friend. He sent the boy to get cash and then raped the girl in an under-construction house nearby.