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Man Arrested For Teen’s Rape Near Ujjain, Tried To Escape From Custody



Primary accused within the rape case of a 15-year-old lady in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain has been arrested

New Delhi:

The primary accused within the rape case of a 15-year-old lady, whose traumatic ordeal was captured on CCTV as she begged for assist knocking from door to door, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. He tried to flee, however a police staff caught him. He’s an autorickshaw driver.

The police had taken the accused to the spot the place he allegedly raped the minor to assemble proof. Sensing a possibility, the accused ran from the police on reaching the spot. The police chased and managed to subdue him.

“Right now, we reached the spot to… get well the garments worn by the lady. Sensing a possibility, Bharat Soni tried to flee. Police personnel chased and caught him. Throughout this, he fell on a cemented street, injuring his legs and arms,” inspector Ajay Kumar advised reporters.

Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma advised NDTV they used technical surveillance and analysed CCTV footage to trace down the principle accused.

“The accused is from Ujjain. He noticed the lady strolling alone. She is but to offer an announcement, is recovering in a hospital,” Mr Sharma stated.

The horrifying visuals from Ujjain, which present the 15-year-old lady, semi-naked, bleeding after rape and going door-to-door for assist, has sparked outrage throughout the nation.

An autorickshaw driver was questioned yesterday after the police scanned CCTV footage of the locality the place {the teenager} was seen in search of assist. The police stated they discovered blood stains within the three-wheeler. Right now, the police zeroed in on the autorickshaw driver.

The police stated the survivor is steady after surgical procedure, however they haven’t taken an announcement but since she is incoherent. She is unable to inform the place she is from, who’re her dad and mom or some other relative, a police officer stated. Nevertheless, a criticism was already filed in one other district of Madhya Pradesh after a lady went lacking. Whether or not she is that very same lady is below investigation. She has a grandmother and a brother.

CCTV footage present a person shooing away the younger lady, who was half bare after the assault. She lastly acquired assist at an ashram, the place a priest gave her his garments and known as the police. Twenty minutes later, the cops got here, and he or she was rushed to a hospital.

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have reported the best variety of circumstances of disappearance of girls and women between 2019 and 2021.

Additionally, Madhya Pradesh reported probably the most incidents of rapes within the nation in 2021- 6,462 – as per the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau knowledge. Out of them, greater than 50 per cent had been crimes in opposition to minors. The quantity interprets to 18 rapes per day.

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