A team of senior officials is investigating the case and strict action would be taken against the accused involved in the harassment and molestation of two sisters, said Home Minister Bhupendra Singh during his visit to the victims who consumed poisonous substance in Begumganj in Raisen district on Sunday.
During his visit Singh said that action would be taken if the accused would be found guilty in the investigation.
On Sunday when the victims, one a 19-year-old and his younger sister 13-year-old, went out of their house they were teased by the accused Raju lodhi (35) and frustrated over the harassment for over a year they consumed poisonous substance and when the family members came to know victims were rushed to nearby hospital.
The victims were referred to Bhopal after their condition deteriorated and were later admitted at the Hamidia hospital.
The accused was nabbed in the night on Sunday after the victims consumed poison.
SP Raisen Deepak Verma said that the details of the accused and allegations raised by the victims would be investigated.
The investigation has been handled by SDOP Begumganj Mangal Singh Thakare. Condition of the victims is reportedly stable. The accused was arrested late in the night on Sunday.
At the moment victims have raised allegations which have to be investigated. The neighbours and family members would be questioned to reveal the reason behind the extreme step taken by the two victims, he added.
Police said that the nabbed accused do not hold any crime record.
The police have registered a case under section 452, 354, 323, 506 of the IPC, sections of POCSO and sections of Arm Acts. Notably, the two
victims were rushed to Hamidia hospital after they consumed poisonous substance in Begumganj in Raisen district.