Dalit minor gangraped and filmed in MP, officer's son among wanted
Milind Ghatwai Posted online: Wed Sep 29 2010, 05:39 hrs
Bhopal : A minor Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped and the incident
filmed on a cellphone by six youths, including the sons of a Deputy
Collector and a head constable in Mandla. The incident came to light
after the MMS, named "localwali", was circulated in the
tribal-dominated town of Madhya Pradesh.
"The rapists were very cruel and committed all sorts of indecent
acts," said sub-divisional police officer Santosh Mahto.
The video was shot in broad daylight in Mohantola jungle in Mandla
more than six months ago. The victim was a little over 13 then. Mahto
said the youths had taken turns to shoot separate clips.
Three of the accused — Sandeep Ahirwar, the 21-year-old son of a head
constable, Satyendra Jharia, 19, and Surendra Nanda, 19 — were
arrested yesterday.
Omprakash Pradhan, whose father is posted as the Deputy Collector in
Mandla, was in Jabalpur at the time of the arrests and managed to
escape. Abhishek Tiwari and Gopal Sarthi, the other two accused, are
also at large.
The victim, a resident of a village 20 km from the town, used to often
visit Mandla with her uncle. She had become friendly with one of the
youths. On one such trip to Mandla, two of the accused offered her a
ride on a motorcycle. The girl was taken to Abhishek Tiwari's house
where she was raped.
The next morning, she was taken to Mohantola jungle — about two
kilometres from the Mandla police station where Ahirwar's father is
posted — where the others raped her and filmed the incident on a
cellphone. One of the accused owns a mobile phone shop.
Mahto said the police identified the victim from the MMS clip. When
they reached the victim's home they found that her parents, who work
as labourers, were aware of the crime. Their neighbours had reportedly
advised them to keep quiet as the accused included sons of a
government officer and a policeman.
The police have booked the six under various sections of the IPC, the
SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Information Technology Act.
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