One individual has been arrested within the gang-rape of a 17-year-old woman inside a automobile final week in Hyderabad, mentioned the police. Out of the 5 individuals recognized, three are minors, it added.
The crime within the coronary heart of the Telangana capital, allegedly involving kids and grandchildren of politicians driving luxurious automobiles, has triggered howls of protest. The police mentioned that the house minister’s grandson just isn’t concerned.
“Sufferer could not reveal something about culprits. She solely revealed one identify and particular groups had been instantly shaped to arrest them. CCTV footage recovered. We have recognized 5 culprits as per CCTV footage and as per the assertion of the sufferer,” mentioned police officer Joel Davis.
The safety footage confirmed the woman standing with the suspected attackers exterior the pub the place she had met them. The boys had provided to drop her house. As an alternative, she was assaulted inside a parked automobile in an upscale neighbourhood within the metropolis. Her attackers took turns to rape her whereas the others stood guard exterior the automobile.
An enormous protest at a police station final night noticed shouting BJP staff being carried away by policemen.
The police initially registered a case of “outraging modesty” primarily based on the woman’s father’s grievance. It was modified to a rape case later.
“Her father approached us. In accordance with no matter he instructed us we filed a case of outraging modesty and beneath POCSO (Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences). He was undecided what occurred, the woman was not able to disclose something,” police officer Joel Davis instructed NDTV.
Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao has requested the state House Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali, DGP and Hyderabad Metropolis Police Commissioner to take rapid and stern motion within the rape case and requested them to not “spare anybody concerned regardless of their statuses or affiliations”.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief Okay Kavitha expressed confidence within the Telangana police and expresses concern for the ladies’s security.
“Within the unhappy and shameful incident the place a minor was raped, we stand by the household. I’m assured Telangana Police will unravel it. We now have a monitor report of Zero Tolerance with regards to Ladies’s security,” Okay Kavitha posted on Twitter.
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