Panchkula: 22-year-old woman held captive, gangraped by 40 men for four days narrates her ordeal
Panchkula, July 20: Shocking details have emerged in the horrific gangrape of a 22-year-old woman who was held captive at a guesthouse here for four days. While the sheer brutality of the crime has sent shockwaves across the country, the case has pointed fingers at the Haryana police's approach towards such incidents of crimes against women.
According to reports, the victim was working as a maintenance worker at the guest house on the city outskirts where she was held captive for four days and raped allegedly by 40 men. In her complaint, the victim has stated that she was restrained to a room in the guest house for four days before she managed to escape. In fact, the victim claims that upon escaping her captors, she approached the Panchkula police with a complaint against the accused and was thrown out by the station in-charge.
It was only after media reports highlighted her ordeal that the Commissioner of Chandigarh took note of the case and ordered a high-level inquiry. Latest inputs assert that the station in-charge has been suspended pending a probe into the alleged insensitiveness displayed by the police force. Based on the victim's complaint, Chandigarh police have arrested three men and are expected to nab others involved in the gangrape soon. Shockingly, the commissioner of Panchkula has even confirmed that the guest house where the crime was perpetrated is an illegal establishment and was not registered with either civic bodies or local police.
Investigating officers have told Mirror Now that a medical examination of the victim has already been undertaken and her statement has been recorded under Section 164 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) before a magistrate. Chandigarh police are building a watertight case against all of the accused who are expected to be taken into custody very soon.
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Badlapur accused Akshay Shinde shot dead: Lawyer of minor girls calls it 'killing of justice'
Mumbai (PTI): The gunning down of Badlapur case accused Akshay Shinde on Monday was the "killing of justice", said Asim Sarode, lawyer for the two minor girls he allegedly sexually assaulted.
Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass around 6:15pm when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered on the complaint of his former wife.
After he shot and injured an API, another personnel from the escort team fired at him, and he was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
"While representing the two minor girls, I noticed it was becoming uncomfortable for the local politics of the Thane district and even for the educational institution where Akshay Shinde was working. Shinde's death in such a manner is killing of justice," Sarode told a regional news channel.
"Now, the case of sexual assault of the two minor girls will get sidelined. The case of these two minor girls was becoming difficult for the educational institute, as it is affiliated with a certain political family. Such a practice would lower the confidence of people in police and the judiciary," he claimed.
Sarode said he will be filing a plea before the Bombay High Court demanding thorough inquiry into the firing incident.
"Shinde's case could have brought up certain aspects that would have been negative politically for the government. I wonder how Shinde could access the gun and how he could unlock it when his hands were tied. This is political murder and is absolutely wrong," he said.
