A 17-year-old lady was allegedly gang-raped by three males in Surat on Tuesday, stated police. The lady was on her strategy to her residence with a pal on a motorbike when the incident occurred, officers added. That is the second such incident in Gujarat in lower than per week after a minor was gang-raped in Vadodara final week.
Of the three, two accused have been arrested within the case. Hitesh Joyser, Superintendent of Police, Surat, stated a particular investigation group has been fashioned to hold out the probe.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the lady and her pal stopped halfway in a abandoned place as their bike was working low on gasoline, police stated. Scared when three males out of the blue approached them, each of them tried fleeing the place. However the accused allegedly overpowered the lady.
Her pal was capable of escape, and he tried to get assist from locals, police added. Some villagers later launched a search operation for the lady, and had been capable of finding her. The accused, nevertheless, had fled the spot by then. In addition they stole the telephones of the lady and her pal.
Joyser stated, “We discovered a motorbike mendacity deserted close to the crime spot. We took particulars of it from the Surat Regional Transport Workplace, and located it was bought by a resident of Surat in 2005. Lastly, the main points of the final proprietor of the bike led us to the home of the accused. The Crime Department officers additionally joined within the probe.”
Police arrested the 2 accused following a quick chase after their arrival at Karanj the place the three males had been discovered to be residing in a rented home. Whereas two accused, Munna Paswan (40), and Shivshanker alias Dayashanker Chorasiya (45), had been nabbed, the third accused managed to flee.
Joyser additional added, “We have now arrested two individuals and our group is looking for the third one. Each the accused had prison information they usually dedicated crimes in Vadodara, Bharuch and Surat. For the previous few months, they had been staying in a rented place within the Karanj space. We’re digging out extra data from them.”
Chorasiya was booked earlier this yr in a case associated to the Arms Act. He has additionally been booked in a homicide case in 2017 and a theft case in 2023. Paswan has been booked in a minimum of seven theft instances, stated officers.
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