NCW constitutes 3member inquiry team to look into Khunti gang rape

The National Commission for Women has formed a three-member inquiry team who would go to Khunti district in Jharkhand to look into the case involving the gang rape of five women, the NCW chairperson said.

Five women, working with an NGO, were allegedly raped at gunpoint by a group of at least five men when they had gone to Chochang village in Khunti district in Jharkhand to create awareness on migration and human trafficking, police said on Friday. The abductors reportedly made videos of the incident and threatened the girls that the videos would be made viral if they disclose the incident. Ranchi range deputy inspector general (DIG) AV Homkar has appealed to the media to report to the police if they come across any video regarding the incident.

The NCW has formed a threemember team who would go to Khunti district to probe the matter and submit their recommendations to the commission, the official said.

The three-member team would be led by Under-Secretary Preeti Kumar, who would travel to Khunti with a junior technical officer and a lawyer to take stock of the situation, said NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, Sharma said the NCW has also written to Jharkhand Director General of Police DK Pandey to probe the matter properly and has directed him to apprise the commission about action being taken in the matter at the earliest.

A 11-member team of the NGO reportedly went to the village to perform a street play on migration and human trafficking. A group of men arrived on the scene and took them to a nearby forests at gunpoint where the crime was perpetuated, police said.

NEW DELHI: 5 WOMEN, WORKING WITH AN NGO, WERE ‘RAPED’ AT GUNPOINT BY 5 MEN WHEN THEY WERE CREATING AWARENESS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MIGRATION