MP: Woman picnicking with husband gang-raped in Rewa; 7 detained
Rewa (MP), Oct 25: A newly married woman on an outing with her husband was allegedly raped by five men in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, and seven persons were detained on Friday in connection with the attack, police said.
According to the police, the alleged incident occurred on Monday at a picnic spot in Gurh tehsil.
The Congress trained its gun on the BJP government, alleging that a "jungle raj" prevailed in the state.
Talking to PTI, Rewa Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh said, "We have detained seven persons, including the suspects who allegedly raped the woman. We are on the lookout for one more person."
He said the probe is underway, and the accused will be arrested after following due procedure.
The victim got married recently. The couple are in the age group of 19-20 and still in college, Rewa headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Himali Pathak told PTI.
The woman told the police that one of the five persons who allegedly sexually assaulted her has tattoos on his hand and chest.
Terming the case as "sensitive", the official said the police are treading carefully to ensure that the survivor's identity is not disclosed.
She said the couple approached the Gurh police station around 1.30 pm on Tuesday.
"The FSL staff (forensic science laboratory) and I rushed to the spot. The medical test of the survivor was conducted, and an FIR was registered the same day at 7 pm," the DSP said.
The official said that according to the woman's version of events, she and her husband had a fight near a fountain, about 2 km from a famous temple in the Gurh industrial area.
The woman, in her statement, alleged that five men took turns to rape her near the fountain, some 20 km from the district headquarters, she said.
SP Singh said the accused held the victim's husband hostage far away from where the assault occurred.
The DSP said the accused had also recorded a video of the act.
Meanwhile, MP Congress chief Jitu Patwari alleged that the victim's husband was tied and she was raped in front of him.
"The incident did not come into the public domain for two days. Is this not the jungle raj? The state home department has collapsed," Patwari told reporters.
The home department should be renamed as the "jungle raj department", he said, claiming that crimes were the highest in Madhya Pradesh and 18 to 20 girls were raped in the state daily.
मध्य प्रदेश में मुख्यमंत्री जी को एक नया विभाग बना देना चाहिए, ‘जंगलराज विभाग’। pic.twitter.com/RYxk9c0Ymn
— Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari (@jitupatwari) October 25, 2024
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
