New Delhi: The Uttarakhand police arrested 5 individuals in reference to the alleged gang rape of a teenage woman in a state authorities bus after a bus arrived from Delhi, officers mentioned.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Singh said that amongst these arrested have been the motive force and conductor of the federal government bus. He additionally mentioned that the incident, which came about on August 12 on the native bus stand, was reported to the police on Saturday night.
The police acted swiftly, utilizing CCTV digital camera footage to establish the roadway bus and arrested the 5 people accused, together with the motive force and conductor, he mentioned, PTI reported.
The accused have been recognized as Dharmendra Kumar (32) and Rajpal (57), each residents of Buggawala in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar; Devendra (52), a resident of Bhagwanpur in Haridwar; Rajesh Kumar Sonkar (38), a resident of Patel Nagar right here; and Ravi Kumar (34), a resident of Nawabganj in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
He additional knowledgeable that Dharmendra Kumar is the motive force of the bus used within the incident and Devendra is the conductor, whereas, Ravi Kumar and Rajpal are drivers of different buses and Sonkar is a cashier of the Uttarakhand Roadways posted on the bus stand.
The police officer said that the bus concerned within the incident had been impounded and a forensic workforce was gathering proof from inside.
Police mentioned the incident got here to mild after the Dehradun Little one Welfare Committee (CWC) was knowledgeable a few woman, aged 16-17, sitting alone on a bench at platform quantity 12 of the Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) right here late at night time on August 12, PTI reported. The Dehradun CWC despatched the sufferer to Bal Niketan, a authorities women’ residence, for her security.
On the time of counselling in Bal Niketan, she knowledgeable the authorities concerning the alleged rape, after which CWC member Pratibha Joshi filed a police criticism on Saturday night.
Based mostly on the criticism, a case was registered below part 70 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the Patel Nagar police station.
