Eleven of the 14 accused in a case of gangrape of two girls in a broad daylight in an agriculture field in a village falling under the Betma police station of Indore district on February 10 have been arrested, while search is on for the remaining three absconding accused.
Two of those arrested accused come from families commanding influence in the area. This incident has sent shock waves in the state and is being cited as one of many such cases that go unreported. This particular case has come in public gaze as the traumatised victims could muster courage and approach the police to report the crime several days after it had been committed.
Following the complaint, the Indore police swung into action and arrested five of the accused on Saturday and another six on Sunday. One of those arrested, Vikas Bharti, is the son of Shakuntla Bharti, a BJP member of local Nagar Palika, while another accused Dilip Kushwaha is the grandson of Congress councillor Dariyao Bai. The others arrested for committing the heinous crime are Chetan, Gopal, Javed, Shantilal, Ravi, Sanjay, Mohan, Tipu and Vikram. All of them are in the age group of 18 to 20.
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Man chops off ex-wife nose, held
age correspondent
Jaipur, Feb. 19
The Pratapgarh district police on Sunday arrested one Suresh Jat for allegedly chopping off his ex-wife’s nose to “punish” her for deserting him. The victim, identified as Manju, 34, has been admitted to Udaipur medical college and hospital. Her condition is stated to be stable.
‘We have arrested her former husband Suresh and his father Manna Lal,” said a police officer at Chhoti Sadri police station under Pratapgarh district. The victim had named half-a-dozen people, including Suresh, for brutality. The victim alleged that Suresh barged into her house at Subi village under Chhoti Sadri village, along with five others, on Saturday and chopped off her nose.
Manju was married to Suresh, but the marriage did not work and she got married to someone else. It annoyed Suresh and his family as they took it as an insult.