New Delhi: Four people, including two women, were arrested in connection to a case of alleged kidnapping and rape of three girls in Delhi’s Rohini, news agency PTI reported. According to the report, taking cognisance of the matter, the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) has sought a detailed action taken report from the police by August 14.
As per report, a resident of Masjid Moth had approached Defence Colony police station on August 6, alleging that his daughter had left for school in Andrews Ganj around 7.30 in the morning but did not return. He said that a school van used to ferry her.
Around 2pm, the driver informed that his daughter had not boarded the vehicle that morning. Police also found that she was absent from school.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Benita Mary Jaiker said that the police found apart from the complainant’s daughter, two other girls from the school had gone missing too.
“During investigation, parents and classmates of all missing girls were questioned. CCTV footage of the area was checked. Meanwhile, information was received about their movement in Karol Bagh area from where they were traced and medically examined. All the prosecutrix gave history of sexual assault,” PTI quoted the DCP as saying.
After their rescue from Karol Bagh, the girls said that one of the accused took them to a house in Rohini where they were kept hostage and raped. However, they managed to flee, police said.
The DCP said that a police team was sent to the house from where it arrested Bangali Lal Sharma (45), Sandeep (36), Ruksana (40) and Jyoti (19). However, Prakash, who allegedly raped the three girls, is absconding, the officer added.
During interrogation, Sharma said that he, along with Ruksana, used to run a syndicate of human trafficking. They wanted to sell the girls in Chandigarh, the DCP said.
The arrested accused have been booked under sections 328 (Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence), 366A (Procuration of minor girl), 370 (Buying or disposing of any person as a slave), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
Ruksana and Jyoti have been sent to 14-day judicial custody, and Sharma and Sandeep are being interrogated, the DCP added.
Meanwhile, the DCW said that the girls had planned to go to Mumbai and reached New Delhi Railway Station on August 6. There, they met a stranger, who offered to book their tickets and took them to his room in Rohini.
Terming it a “very serious” matter, DCW sent a notice to the police seeking a copy of the FIR and other details, including details of the accused.
