Condemning the Rohtak gangrape incident, Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain on Sunday demanded that dedicated, separate courts should be set up in the country for speedy trial of cases involving sexual assaults on women.
Haryana Minister alongwith State BJP chief Subhash Barala visited the family members on Sunday and assured them that strict action would be taken against the culprits.
In order to deal with crime against girls, women, there should be dedicated courts, and trials should be conducted on the line of fast-track courts, said the Minister while talking to the mediapersons.
The State Government has announced financial assistance of Rs 10.50 lakh for the kin of the victim, who belonged to village Kalupur, district Sonepat.
“The Haryana Government and District Administration stand by the bereaved family in this moment of grief. We will make all efforts to ensure justice to the victim’s family,” said Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat, K Makrand Pandurang.
He said that Haryana Police has arrested two persons for gang rape and murder of a woman in district Rohtak.
The Deputy Commission said that the other persons who, according to the victim’s family members, may be involved in the incident would soon be arrested. Full security cover would be provided to the victim’s family, he added.
Two persons, including the main accused Sumit, who is a dalit, have been arrested by the Haryana Police which has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case.
Police on Sunday also said that the family of the victim suspected the involvement of six more persons, out of whom five were related to the main accused.
The victim belonged to dalit community and the accused had also been booked under the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Additional Director General of Police (DGP) Akil Ahmad said that we have assured maximum possible penalty to the accused in connection with the horrific Rohtak gang-rape case, adding that the police will appeal for fast-tracking the case.
“Maximum possible penalty will be awarded to the accused. We will appeal for fast-tracking of the case,” DGP Ahmad told the mediapersons.
He said a case has been registered against the arrested accused under Sections 376 (rape), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in this regard.