The Bajaria police have successfully nabbed seven miscreants on Thursday in connection with the gang-rape of a 22-year-old woman on Wednesday. The girl was subsequently robbed of her belongings.
IGP, Bhopal Zone Upendra Jain while speaking with the mediapersons told that the victim was raped and robbed in front of her husband by a group of seven miscreants.
Two of the nabbed accused have criminal record. Deendayal has been earlier booked for 11 cases of gambling, bullying and extortion while Sanjay Malviya was booked for kidnapping, rape and threatening for life.
The nabbed accused are Sanjay Malviya (21), Deendayal Ahirwar (26), Vikram Singh Thakur (27), Shekhar Pathrol (19), Shubham (19) and Murli (19). Jain told that the group used to drink at secluded places and commit robbery in group but the victim never reported the robbery as the sum or valuables robbed were not of higher value which encouraged them to carry on.
All the accused are residents of coach factory area and are involved in construction related works. Sanjay works as a carpenter, Vikram Singh and Vinod are construction labour, Deendayal works as a painter, while Shekhar works as a sanitation employee and Murli works at a brick klin.
Out of the seven accused, four raped the victim. The accused involved in the gang rape are Vinod Singh Thakur, Sanjay Malviya, Vinod and Shekhar while the three miscreants Devendra,Shubham and Murli were involved in robbery. The reward of Rs50000 would be given to the police team for solving the case, told Jain. The City Superintendent of Police Jehangirabad Saleem Khan told that the seven persons detained within few hours confirmed that they were involved in the crime.