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Thane Gang Rape Case: 2 More Accused Arrested

Thane : The Special Investigation Team has arrested two more culprits of Thane gang-rape case from Navi-Mumbai area, an official said on Friday.

The total number of arrests in this case now rises to 26 and 2 minors have already been detained. “Police have arrested two more persons in this case. Both of them were nabbed from Navi Mumbai on Thursday night, with one of them being caught from Rabale node. So far, 26 persons have been arrested and two minors detained. Search is on for the remaining accused. The prime accused in the case has already been arrested,” he said.

A 15 year old minor girl was gang-raped by 33 people, in 9 months duration. She was raped many times, at different locations, including Dombivli, Badlapur, Murbad and Rabale, between January 29 and September 22 this year. The victim has named 33 accused, 2 out of which were minors police said revealing the details of the horrified crime. In the month of January, the girl’s boyfriend had first allegedly raped her and shot the video. Blackmailing the girl by leak of video the guy and friends gangraped her.

The police have registered a case last night against unidentified persons under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code for rape, repeated rape, gang-rape, and “rape on a woman under sixteen years of age” and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official said.

A special investigation team (SIT) has been formed under ACP Sonali Dhole to probe the case, he added.

Devendra Fadnavis demands strict punishment to all the culprits. He tweeted, “Deplorable, Disgusting! Anguished to hear-14 year girl being gang raped by 30men in Bhopar,#Dombivli Too worried about increase in violence against women. MVA Govt must pay serious attention to ensure that such incidents do not happen & we demand strictest punishment to all guilty.”

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BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar Booked For Protesting With Dead Body

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Kolkata : New Bengal BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar and two other party leaders booked by police for protests with dead body of a party worker near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home in Kolkata yesterday. Case has also been filed against Priyanka Tibrewal, the BJP’s candidate for the September 30 bypoll in Bhabanipur that Mamata Banerjee has to win to stay Chief Minister.

Clashes between Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP have escalated in the run-up to the bypolls. Both sides have blamed each other.

Kolkata Police has registered a ‘suo moto’ case against BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar and other party leaders for protesting with body of BJP Leader Dhurjati Saha near Cheif Minister’s home at one of the busiest parts of Kolkata, Kalighat.

The case has been registered against BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar, and other party leaders, including Arjun Singh, Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, and Priyanka Tibrewal. The FIR is registered under sections 143, 147, and 283 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). on this Majumdar said, “We expect nothing different from the partial police.”

Trinamool leader Firhad Hakim denounced on BJP’s allegations and said: “The police will do its job, the law will take its course, we have nothing to do with all this. There are no takers for the BJP’s politics with dead bodies.”

According to police officials they were leading to a crematorium from their party office for Dhurjati Saha’s last rites, when the flower-bedecked hearse suddenly took a detour through Harish Chatterjee Street, a part of the poll-bound Bhabanipur assembly constituency. Policemen threw a cordon and guard rails to stop the protest, forcing its driver to change direction, Majumder was running behind the carrier. He then sat in the middle of the road in front of the TMC supremo’s residence, with supporters raising slogans against the ruling party, as the hearse moved forward. BJP lawmaker Arjun Singh and the party’s candidate for Bhabanipur by-elections, Priyanka Tibrewal, were also seen protesting against the police action.

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