Saturday, December 29, 2012

Dec 29, 2012: Fear of rape stalks Garhwa women

By , TNN | Dec 29, 2012, 06.21 AM IST
GARHWA: Several incidents of rape have been reported from Garhwa in the last few days. While a married woman was sexually assaulted by a villager on Wednesday at Katahar village, a school student was gang-raped by two youths when she was returning from school along with another girl. Two youths forcibly took her into a nearby forest and raped her.
Sangita Devi (22), a married woman and daughter of Naresh Thakur, was raped by Vijay Paswanwhen she was returning from a nearby field late on Wednesday. According to the victim, Paswan forcibly took her to a secluded place and raped her. Villagers caught Paswan when she raised an alarm. They then handed over Paswan to Dhurki police station. "Police have lodged an FIR against the accused on the basis of the victim's statement," said OC Tetru Oraon. On December 25, a schoolgirl Reema Kumari (name changed) was gang-raped when she was returning from school.

OC Tetru Oraon said the victim had lodged a complaint with the police station. "On the basis of her complaint, police arrested one of the accused, Raza Khan, and sent him to jail, while another is still at large," police said.
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