Bikaner gang rape: Centre seeks info

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government will seek information on the alleged rape case of a minor by eight teachers in Rajasthan’s Bikaner. “It is a heinous crime. We (will) try to seek information on (the case),” the minister of state for home affairs said.

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in April 2015 and an FIR was registered against the teachers after her father recently complained. However, speaking to ANI, Rajasthan child and women welfare minister Anita Bhadel said: “Facts have emerged that it was not a rape case and that the girl had quit school since the past four-five years.”