Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), August 20: In a shocking incident which occurred near Savli village in
Vadodara district on Thursday evening, a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan raped a minor girl and also extorted money from the young man she was with, along with
three of his accomplices.
This is a
second rape case in Vadodara district in just three days. On Thursday evening,
the victim, a 16-year-old girl from a Scheduled Tribe community, along with her
male friend had stopped near Khankaria Canal area which is a little off the
main highway. They were returning back from Pawagarh on the bike and they
decided to stop near the canal. Here, three GRD personnel, all attached to Savli
Police Station, stopped near them and questioned them as to what they were
doing in the secluded area.
They
threatened to report the duo to their parents. When the young man and the minor
girl pleaded with the jawans not to report them to their parents, the three GRD
personnel, who also had a fourth person with them, asked the young man to give
them money to let them go. Since the young man didn't have any money, he was
asked to go to an ATM machine to withdraw cash.
"One
GRD jawan identified as Anil Gohil was in his car with the minor girl. He told
the others that he was going to fill fuel in his car but instead he drove the
girl to a secluded spot and raped her", said Superintendent of Police
Vadodara Rural, Sudhir Desai while speaking to Life News correspondent.
"When
they returned back, the male friend had withdrawn money from his bank which he gave them. Then they
were allowed to leave on their bike", said SP Desai. After that, the girl went
to a female friend's house and while changing into other clothes she started
crying. When asked what happened, she revealed her ordeal to her friend.
The female
friend then called up the male friend who was with the minor and told him about
the rape. Till then, the young man was not aware that his minor friend had been
raped by the GRD jawan Anil Gohil. The young man went to the police to inform
about the incident and then the girl also came along with her family members to
report the rape.
Savli Police
immediately took up the matter and arrested three of the accused, two GRD personnel
and one another person, all of who are accused of extortion under sections 327 and
388 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the Atrocity Act 1989. However, Anil
Gohil, accused of raping the minor is still at large but police is confident of
apprehending his soon.
It might be recalled that just three days ago on Monday night a 37-year-old mother of three was raped and killed by six labourers in Karjan Taluka in Vadodara district.