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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BMW hit-and-run case: HC refuses to release accused Mihir Shah on ground of 'illegal' arrest
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to release Mihir Shah, the main accused in a BMW hit-and-run case, on the ground of "illegal" arrest.
Shah, the 24-year-old son of a former Shiv Sena leader, and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat had filed petitions in the HC claiming they have been illegally detained and sought immediate release.
Shah was arrested on July 9, two days after he allegedly rammed his BMW car into a two-wheeler in Mumbai's Worli area, killing 45-year-old woman Kaveri Nakhwa and leaving her husband Pradeep injured.
His driver Bidawat, who was also present in the car at the time of the accident, was arrested on the day of the incident.
As per their pleas, the police had not informed them the grounds of their arrest at the time, which they claimed was in violation of the law.
A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande on Monday dismissed the petitions.
"Both the petitions are dismissed," the court said.
The duo sought their release, claiming any further detention would be in utter violation of the constitutional mandate and a failure to comply with Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Under this section, the police, while arresting a person, have to communicate to him/her full particulars of the offence for which he/she is being arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
Both Shah and Bidawat are presently in judicial custody.
In their habeas corpus (produce the person) petitions filed in the HC in August, Shah and Bidawat claimed their detention was illegal and sought that they be released immediately.
Shah, in the plea, sought quashing of the orders passed by a local court remanding him first in police custody and then judicial custody.
He also sought for his arrest to be declared as illegal.
Shah is accused of speeding off towards the Bandra Worli Sea Link after the accident, even as the woman remained on the bonnet of the car and then got entangled in its wheels, for a distance of more than 1.5 kilometres.
As per police, Shah, who fled from the scene, was under the influence of alcohol at the time.
Mihir Shah's father and former Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah had also been arrested in the case, but was later granted bail.
