Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday took a serious note of the thrashing incident of a woman and her husband in DD Nagar area by some youths and termed it a very shameful.
He directed the police to nab the accused immediately. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old youth involved in case has been arrested and two other are still on the run. In an official statement released on Sunday, the Chief Minister condemned the incident and asked the police to investigate the matter in detail. Singh said the offender in the case would not be exempted and they would be brought to the books.
“Protecting the honour of women in accordance with Indian Culture and Society is our prime social responsibility and the State Government is sticking by it,” the Chief Minister was quoted in the Press release. Notably three drunken youths had allegedly thrashed a women and his husband in Jogi Bangla locality under DD Nagar police station over some petty issue on Saturday. According to police the complainant Alok Saxena a resident of Sector-4 DD Nagar was going to have some snacks in a hotel along with his child and wife.
The accused trio had used some offensive slang for wife of man and later thrashed the husband in the hotel when he protested over the matter. The accused had allegedly manhandled the women as well. later on after the people present on the spot came for rescuing the couple, the accused went away, police said When contacted Inspector General of Police (Raipur) GP Singh about failure of police department in nabbing the accused. The IGP said “we are working in the case and very soon would round up the remaining accuse on the run,” and added that City Superintend of Police Azad Chowk and probationary IPS Indira Kalyan is handling the case.