Man tied to tree, wife, daughter gang-raped
GAYA: GAYA SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE RAJEEV MISHRA SAID 20 YOUTHS WERE DETAINED WITHIN TWO HOURS OF THE INCIDENT
About 20 armed criminals tied a registered medical practitioner to a tree and raped his wife and daughter in Konch police station area of Bihar’s Gaya district late on Wednesday night, police said.
Gaya senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rajeev Mishra said 20 youths were detained within two hours of the incident.
“The victims have identified only two of them as the other criminals had covered their faces while committing the crime,” he said, adding that the accused were being questioned. “Efforts were on for the medical examination of the victims,” the SSP said.
Konch police station SHO Rajeev Ranjan had been suspended for “dereliction of duty”, the SSP added.
The police said the youths forcibly stopped the medical practitioner, travelling with his wife and daughter on a motorcycle, near Sondiha village of the district, 104km south of state capital Patna, tied him to a tree after assaulting him. The criminals then took turns to rape his wife and daughter in a nearby field, the police added.
Before leaving the scene, the rapists freed the medical practitioner and threatened him with dire consequences if he informed the police. The medical practitioner, however, called the police from his cellphone and informed them about the incident.
Soon after getting the information, the SSP and Sherghati subdivisional police officer (SDPO) Manish Kumar reached the spot and arranged for ambulance to send the rape survivors to Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College (ANMMCH) Gaya, 40km away, for treatment.
A police team, led by the SSP and the SDPO, later conducted raids at Sondiha and two adjoining villages and took 20 suspects into custody.
LOOKOUT CIRCULAR AGAINST GODMAN
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has issued a lookout circular against a self-styled godman accused by a 25-year-old woman of raping her on several occasions, an official said today.
The case was transferred from the district police to the Crime Branch on Wednesday.
In her complaint lodged at Fatehpur Beri police station in south Delhi on Sunday, the woman claimed that Daati Maharaj, a self-styled godman, and his disciples had raped her on several occasions. Police said that they examined the victim today and also got her statement recorded in front of a magistrate.
A lookout circular has been issued against the self-styled godman in order to ensure that he does not leave the country, they said.
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