Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received a detailed briefing on the alleged gang-rape of a young woman in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where he arrived to launch several development projects.
The case is related to the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old woman by 23 individuals over several days. Police have so far arrested nine accused and stated that the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon as the probe expands.
The Police Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner, and District Magistrate briefed the Prime Minister on the case, following which he directed them to take the strictest action against those responsible and to put in place effective measures to prevent such incidents in future.
“Immediately after landing in Varanasi, the prime minister was briefed by the police commissioner, divisional commissioner and district magistrate on the recent criminal rape incident in the city”, a Uttar Pradesh government statement read.
“He instructed them to take the strictest possible action against the culprits and to implement appropriate measures to prevent such incidents in the future,” it said.
Varanasi Gang-Rape Case.
The victim’s father said that his 19-year-old daughter left home on March 29 to visit a friend, during which she came into contact with a group of boys.
According to the police, the girl was lured and taken away and raped for several days. The victim alleged that 23 people raped her over a span of seven days.
The police found the victim in a “bad state” on April 4 and rushed her to a hospital for treatment. “She was in a bad state. After treatment, when she became normal, she narrated the whole incident,” ANI quoted the girl’s father as saying.
According to police, the accused drugged the victim and moved her between several hotels for the duration of the abuse.