RAJKOT: A 20-year-old medical studies aspirant was allegedly gangraped by three persons who confined her in a farm house for over a fortnight in Botad district.
The girl had cleared Class XII in science stream with good marks and was preparing for NEET.
Top police officials said the girl was studying in Rajkot but frequently visited her native village in Botad district. In the meantime, she got in touch with one of the three accused Indrajit Khachar. On December 9, the girl went to his farm where his two friends Jayveer Khachar and Satyajit Khachar were also present. After consuming liquor, the three three took turns to rape her.
GD Kaliya, police sub-inspector, Ranpur police station, told TOI that the trio confined the girl at the farm for 18 days and gangraped her. When she pleaded with them to free her, they even thrashed her.
On December 26, they finally agreed to let her go but laid down a condition that she would not go to her house and instead go to Rajkot. They threatened to murder her parents and sister if she revealed about the sexual assault to anyone, said Kaliya.
The three then took her to Jasdan to board a bus for Jamnagar where the girl said she had some relatives staying.
After reaching her relative's house, she narrated her ordeal following which they took her to the state-run GG Hospital on December 27. She gave a detailed statement to the Jamnagar B-division police, who informed their Ranpur counterparts.
PSI Kaliya took her complaint and an FIR was lodged. Police said the three accused have been rounded up for questioning.
Asked why her family members made no effort to trace her or lodge a missing persons report, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Range IG, Bhavnagar, told TOI: "This is a matter of investigation and we are probing several aspects.”
SIT formed for fast probe
A special investigation team (SIT) comprising deputy superintendent of police, investigation officer and one more officer has been formed to fast track the investigation in the case. Range IG Ashok Kumar Yadav said, "We will also appoint a special public prosecutor for quick conviction in the case."
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
