Sr Police Officials meet victim and her kin
Bokaro district administration woke up after seven days of the heinous ‘revenge' rape case after the the issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
IG North Chotanagpur zone laxman Prasad Singh, Bokaro DC Uma Shanker Singh, Bermo DSP Manoj Rai along with SP Bokaro other administrative officials rushed to Gulgulia village, Swang under Gomia police station to meet the rape victim. "Taking precautionary measure forces were deployed, as environment of the village got tensed after the incident”, said IG laxman Prasad Singh.
“Forces were deployed in and around the village; DSP, BDO and CO are camping on the spot to quell any untoward incident and annoying movement,” the IG added.
A team of Bokaro Mahila Congress also rushed to see the victim. We have given a short financial assistance of Rs 5000 cash to the victim, said Abha Sinha president of Mahila Congress. Sinha stressed on the immediate need of a school in that locality; “the incident occurred only due to illiteracy”, she said. About 100 people of Gulgulia society are residing tin that village and all are completely illiterate. “Tit-for-tat is their tradition, so there is strongly need of education and awareness programmes”, Sinha added.
Notably, on July 6 a chief of panchyat of Gulgulia community executed a diktat to rape a minor just because her brother allegedly molested a woman who was the daughter of the Panchayat Mukhiya, in Gulgulia village in Bokaro.