Surat’s Mangrol gang-rape case

The  third accused in the gruesome gang-rape of a minor near Surat’s Mangrol area has been nabbed. He was caught while attempting to flee in a Rajasthan-bound train from Ahmedabad’s Kalupur railway station.

The case relates to a 17-year-old girl who was subjected to the heinous act by three perpetrators amid the Navratri festivities.

Upon receiving specific intel of the absconding accused Ramsajivan alias Raju Vishwakarma attempting to flee the state, a joint team of Ahmedabad Crime Branch and Western Railway police conducted a thorough search at the railway station.

Vishwakarma, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar, was caught onboard the Ajmer Express train originating from Mumbai’s Dadar station.

Meanwhile, another accused in this case, Munna Paswan, was presented before a Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in Surat, where he was sent on a 7-day remand.

Discharged after a three-day treatment, the minor victim underwent necessary medical checkups. She also recorded her statement before the magistrate.

Besides gang-rape and POCSO charges,  under The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, were also levied against the accused.

One of the accused in this case died in hospital on Thursday. The accused Shiv Shankar alias Dayashankar Chourasiya was taken to Surat’s New Civil Hospital for forensic examination in the case.

He allegedly faced an acute breathing issue and succumbed to this complication while undergoing treatment, as per the police.

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