In the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in the Dhing area of Assam, the police have recovered the body of the prime accused. The prime accused in the case, Tafazul Islam, escaped from police custody, jumped into a pond and died, according to the media reports.
Swapnaneel Deka, Superintendent of Police of Nagaon district said over the phone that on Friday police arrested Tafazul Islam in connection with the case.
Deka said, ‘Last night when a police team took to the spot for investigation where the incident took place, the prime accused tried to flee and jumped into a pond located nearby the site. Our police personnel got involved in a search operation and with the help of the SDRF team we recovered his body from the pond today morning’.
The senior police official said that operations are underway to arrest the other two accused persons. A 14-year-old minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in the Dhing area on August 22 evening while she was returning to home from tuition classes.
The incident led to massive protests in the Dhing area where locals and many organisations demanded strict action against the culprits. Assam Director General of Police, GP Singh visited the site, met the victim’s family members, also spoke with the senior police officials.
On Friday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, ‘When there is any atrocity against women, we need to take prompt action’. Addressing the media, Sarma said, ‘I would like to say just one thing. We need to take prompt action when there is any atrocity against women but the public should see that the government is taking strict action. When people feel that the government is showing laxity, they get angry. When such incidents take place, the government should take very aggressive action. The government in Bengal didn’t do it, so people got angry’.
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