Woman, 19, gangraped in Madhya Pradesh: BJP assures of action if the victim…

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Datia drict unit head on Sunday said appropriate action will be taken if a 19-year-old victim of gang-rape in her police statement names the son of a local party functionary of being involved in the crime. After the incident, a large number of people staged a protest at the police station, following which the police regered a case.(HT/ Representative image) The woman was allegedly abducted and raped four persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia drict on Friday afternoon, after which the victim tried to end her life, police earlier said. The police have so far arrested one of the accused, an adult, and detained two minors while search is on for one more accused in the case, Unav police station in-charge Yadvendra Singh Gurjar on Sunday. A reward of ₹10,000 has been announced on the absconding accused, he said. Those nabbed so far include a local BJP functionary’s minor son, whose name has figured in the First Information Report (FIR) regered in the case. Asked about it, BJP’s drict president Surendra Budholia said the incident was unfortunate and the police were yet to record the victim’s statement. If the victim takes the name of the BJP office-bearer’s son in her statement to the police, then the party will serve a notice to him (local functionary). The party will then take further action, Budholia said. After the incident, a police complaint was lodged the victim’s younger ser. “The complainant said she and her elder ser were abducted four persons. The accused took them to a house, where they raped her elder ser,” Superintendent of Police Pradeep Sharma said on Saturday. Following the incident, the victim and her younger ser returned home, where the victim tried to commit suicide, he said. The woman was later admitted to a hospital in Jhansi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Sharma said. As per the FIR, the accused also sexually abused the complainant, he said. After the incident, a large number of people staged a protest at the police station, following which the police regered a case. The people were pacified and a copy of the FIR was given to them, he said. The accused were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 D (gangrape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 342 (wrongful confinement) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Sharma had said.