7 accused held in Bhilwara gangrape case: Raj CM

 

 

 

POLICE have so far arrested seven accused in connection with the alleged gangrape and murder case of a minor girl in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. Gehlot said people with a criminal mindset misbehaving with women will not be tolerated in the state and that he has directed police to deal with them strictly. The CM’s remarks came in the wake of the murder of a minor girl who was later burned in a coal furnace in Bhilwara. He said the government is taking incidents like Bhilwara and Jodhpur rape very seriously and efforts are being made to punish the culprits at the earliest.

 

The CM had on Friday night discussed various issues related to law and order in a high-level meeting. “Some mischievous boys spoil the whole atmosphere. Yesterday, we told the Director General of Police, Chief Secretary and other officers to bring these mischievous boys to justice,” Gehlot told reporters. A 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed and later burned in a coal furnace in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Wednesday. Locals claimed she was gang raped too. Meanwhile, Rajasthan police chief on Saturday said a chargesheet will be filed at the earliest in the Bhilwara minor girl rape and murder case to give justice to the victim and her kin.

 

Director General of Police Umesh Mishra in a statement said the police will also approach the High Court requesting the case be tried at a fast track court. Additional Director General (Crime) Dinesh MN has also gone to Bhilwara at Mishra’s instructions, and a team of FSL experts too has been sent there to investigate the matter, the statement said. Police lathi-charge BJYM members protesting against Bhilwara incident: POLICE on Saturday lathi-charged members of the BJP’s youth wing as they tried to march towards the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s residence here in protest against the rape and murder of a minor girl in Bhilwara district. Several protesters including Ankit Chechi - the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s newly appointed state president - were detained as they approached the Civil Lines area.