Bikaner gang rape: 6 held, hunt on for rest

BIKANER: TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY DRAGGED THE WOMAN INTO AN SUV AND RAPED HER, BEFORE CALLING 21 OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALSO RAPED HER

Six out of 23 accused were arrested by police from Rajasthan’s Bikaner on Thursday night for the alleged gang rape of a Delhi woman.

The 28-year-old victim in her complaint said 23 men had sexually assaulted her after abducting her from the outskirts of Bikaner in broad daylight.

In her statement, recorded on Thursday evening under section 164 of the CrPC before a magistrate, she identified eight of her rapists.

All the arrested are aged between 20 and 27 years.

Circle Officer (CO) of Sadar area and the investigation officer Rajendra Singh confirmed the arrests of Bhavarlal (27), Subhash (27), Manoj (23), Rajuram (20) all residents of Barsinghsar village and Jugalkishor (24), Madanlal (22) of Palana village.

“Police teams are looking for two more identified accused. Meanwhile, we will seek police remand for the six arrested, whose medical examinations were also conducted on Friday morning,” Singh said.

Medical report of the victim is still awaited, he said.

The arrests were made two days after the woman had complained to the Bikaner district superintendent of police about the incident.