Rajasthan: 16 arrested, 4 minors detained in 15-yr-old’s gangrape case

Sixteen folks have been arrested whereas 4 minors have been detained for allegedly gangraping a 15-year-old lady for over 9 days earlier this month, stated officers on Tuesday.
The opposition BJP has slammed the Congress authorities in Rajasthan over the difficulty, saying that the legislation and order state of affairs within the state has utterly failed.
According to the police, two folks together with a girl took the sufferer from Kota to Jhalawar district on February 25 on the pretext of shopping for her a bag, the place 3-4 extra folks joined them and the sufferer was gangraped.
The Kota rural police stated in a launch that in response to the lady’s criticism, until March 5, a number of folks raped her on completely different days in numerous locations of Jhalawar.
The police assertion stated that an FIR beneath numerous sections of the IPC together with gangrape and kidnapping together with the POCSO and SC/ST (prevention of atrocities Act) had been registered on the idea of the lady’s criticism on March 6.

The police stated that thus far 16 folks have been arrested within the case together with 4 minors who’ve been detained.
“We have rounded up 20 people including 4 minors. Further investigation is being conducted in the matter,” stated Kota rural superintendent of police (SP) Sharad Chowdhary.
The BJP cornered the Rajasthan authorities over the difficulty, accusing police inaction.
“The Congress government in Rajasthan is sleeping. There are constant efforts to hide the violence against women. Why are Rahul (Gandhi) and Priyanka (Vadra), silent on the continuous incidents of rapes in Rajasthan? Why are they silent?” former Union Minister and BJP nationwide spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore tweeted in Hindi on Tuesday.

Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje stated that the functioning of the police is ‘equally responsible’ for the incident, including that neither the Kota police wrote the preliminary report by the sufferer’s household and nor did the Jhalawar police despatched her residence.
She known as for sturdy motion towards police officers.
SP Chowdhary added that the experiences of police inaction within the matter are additionally being investigated.
In the night, Chowdhary suspended an assistant sub inspector and despatched an SHO to the police strains after discovering prima facie carelessness by them within the case.