Police stated each the accused individuals had been recognized and arrested.
Bhopal:
In a stunning incident, a 16-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two males in a transferring ambulance in Madhya Pradesh’s Mauganj district.
In accordance with police, the incident occurred on November 25 below the jurisdiction of Hanumana police station, round 30 km from district headquarters Mauganj. Hanumana tehsil of the newly established Mauganj district shares a boundary with the Mirzapur district of Utter Pradesh.
The sufferer instructed the police that two males kidnapped her and compelled her right into a Janani Specific Ambulance the place she was gang-raped. It’s also known as ‘108- Ambulance’. The Janani Specific Ambulance is operated by the state authorities below the PPP mannequin to supply emergency transportation services to expectant moms, sick infants and BPL households in rural components of Madhya Pradesh.
Police stated each the accused individuals recognized as Virendra Chaturvedi (ambulance driver) and his buddy Rajesh Kewat had been arrested on Wednesday night time.
The accused individuals are residents of Naigarhi tehsil in Mauganj district, which is positioned round 50 km from Hanumana tehsil the place this alleged incident passed off.
“Sufferer had lodged an FIR on November 25, alleging that she was gang-raped. The medical check confirmed rape and a search was initiated. Each accused individuals have been arrested from Nagari on Wednesday,” Mauganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Sarna Thakur stated.
Extra particulars had been awaited on the case.
This stunning incident got here one month after a newly married lady was gang-raped by a bunch of males in adjoining Rewa district on October 21. The sufferer had gone for a picnic along with her husband within the Gurh city the place she was kidnapped after which gang-raped. Eight accused individuals had been arrested in reference to the case.
Mauganj, which was a tehsil of Rewa district, was made a separate district comprising three tehsils — Mauganj, Naigarhi and Hanuman in 2023.
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