Surat gang-rape case

One of the accused in the gang-rape of a minor in Surat’s Mangrol area has died in hospital. A 17-year-old girl was subjected to the heinous act by three perpetrators amid the Navratri festivities. The police had nabbed two of accused from Tadkeshwar village, one of whom, died on Thursday.

The accused Shiv Shankar alias Dayashankar Chourasiya, was taken to Surat’s New Civil Hospital for forensic examination in the case. There, he faced an acute breathing issue, and succumbed to this complication while undergoing treatment, as per the police.

Notably, in this case, when the minor and her friend were passing through the outskirts of Mota Borsara village on Tuesday, they encountered the three accused, Shiv Shankar, Munna Paswan, and a third accomplice, who arrived at the scene on a motorcycle.

The perpetrators robbed the friend of all his possessions and thrashed him, while the victim was abducted and taken to an isolated place. There, she was subjected to brutal rape by the three.

Somehow, the victim’s friend, who was held captive by the accused, escaped and rushed to seek help from the villagers in Mota Borsara. As a large crowd of locals gathered, the accused fled from the scene. The villagers informed the police. 

Several police personnel, including the Range Inspector General (IG) Prem Vir Singh and the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Hitesh Joysar rushed to the spot and located the bike used by the accused with the help of a dog squad.

This led the investigating officials to Tadkeshwar from where the duo was nabbed.

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