NAKODAR
The Nakodar City police have arrested eight
persons alleged to have gang raped a minor girl on Friday night.
Nakodar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kulwinder Singh Virk said that the accused have been identified as Karan son of Jasvir Raj a resident of Mohala Sunder Nagar, Navneet Singh son of Bashamber Singh a resident of Ajaad Nagar backside Khadar Bhandar.Mukesh Kumar son of Yadav a resident of Mohalla Sunder Nagar, Vikral Raj son of Suresh Kumar a resident of Ajaad Nagar, Vicki Kumar son of Surinder Singh a resident of Mohala Rehman Pura, and Ajay Kumar son of Raj Kumara resident of Vijay Nagar colony, Mohalla Ravidass Pura and Pawan Kumar son of Ram Datta a resident of Sunder Nagar
DSP said the accused were part of an eight-member gang involved in the
crime.
The victim a resident of the farflug region told the police that she came to pay her obeisance at Dera Murad Shah and could not find a room for a night stay so she went to Dera Baba Lalbash for a night stay where one accused lured her of help and kidnapped her and took her outside and forcibly raped her and invited other accused who gang-raped and threw her on a roadside in an unconscious condition and threatening to kill her.
DSP said that a case under sections 376-D(gang rape )120-B(criminal conspiracy) and 506 (criminal intimidation ) of the IPC and sections 6,17 of the Posco Act has been
registered against the accused.
He said the medical examination of the victim was conducted
which confirmed gang rape. Adding that Inspector Arash Deep Kaur is conducting further investigations.
This gruesome incident has created a sense of indignation and insecurity among residents and put a question mark on claims of police about night patrolling by special forces