Yet another teenager gangraped in Haryana,but Hooda says ‘all’s well’

In the latest incident — coming just days after a 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men in Jind district,and a 16-year-old girl was victimised by 12 youths in a Hisar village on September 9 — the police registered a case against four men identified as Kali,Harish,Santy and Deepak,all residents of Gohana,on the complaint of the victim’s uncle,and arrested two.

According to the complaint,the victim had gone to buy groceries from a shop owned by Kali,who asked her to collect the same from a nearby godown. Kali followed the girl to the godown where three other accused were already present. As she entered the godown,the men overpowered the class 11 student,and raped her.

The victim,after reaching home,narrated the incident to her family who informed the police. The girl’s medical exam confirmed rape. Acting swiftly,police arrested two accused — Kali and Harish. “The other two will be arrested soon,” Inspector Rajiv Singh,SHO of Gohana police station,said.

Ironically,the heinous crime came to light hours after Hooda stated there was no law and order problem in the state.

Despite several queries by mediapersons,during an hour long interaction, Hooda repeatedly stated that there was no law and order problem in the state,and said that culprits of the alleged gangrapes that took place in Hisar and Jind will be brought to book.

Attributing rising crime-graph in the state to “prompt registration of cases”,Hooda said,“FIRs are registered as soon as somebody comes to the police with a complaint.”

When questioned about the ‘lax attitude’ of the police with regard to action against criminals who belonged to the Jat community in Haryana,Hooda,who also belongs to the same community,said,“A criminal has no caste,and whoever commits a crime is a criminal. I am proud of being a Jat,but I belong to a party that does not believe in casteism”.

While replying to queries raised on ‘shoddy’ investigations by the Haryana police in the two gangrape cases,Hooda,said,“There was no delay on the part of the police. As soon as the matter was reported,prompt action was taken. An FIR was immediately registered,and investigation began. A few of the accused have been arrested,and rest will be arrested,soon”.

“It is not that such crimes take place only in Haryana,and it is not right to say that law and order situation has deteriorated in the state. People have been investing in the state because everything is in order,” he added.

Hisar gangrape: 7 remaing accused held,claim cops

Haryana Police claims to have arrested the remaining seven accused involved in the gangrape of a Dalit girl in Hisar. The men had been evading police arrest for the past one week. Sources disclosed that eight teams of Haryana police had been formed to nab the accused.

“The accused are finally in our custody and will be produced in court on Saturday and taken on police remand for further interrogation. All of them have to be produced before the rape victim as well,for identification purposes,” a senior Haryana police officers told The Indian Express.

With the arrest of these seven accused,the Rohtak police claim to have arrested all the 12 accused,who were involved in the gangrape,and four others,who provided shelter to the accused.

Azad (father of prime accused Sandeep),who was arrested on charges of providing shelter to Sandeep after he committed the crime,has been sent to judicial custody. Another accused Suraj (son of Mahabir),who was wrongly arrested by the police,has been discharged.

Meanwhile,in the ongoing investigations of another gangrape of a woman in Pillukhera in Jind district,the two accused – Billu and Rinku – were remanded to police custody till October 1. “Both of them are being thoroughly interrogated for disclosing the whereabouts of their third accomplice,” one of the investigating police officers told The Indian Express.