AP Home Minister M Sucharitha Vows Strict Against The Ongole Gangrapists

AP Home Minister Methakoti Sucharita - Sakshi Post

Amaravati: A minor girl who was allegedly raped for five days by six persons, including three minors, after being locked up in a room in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Sunday. All those accused of allegedly raping her have been apprehended from different parts of the state within one day of the incident. Police said they are further investigating the case.

The incident also stirred up a row over safety of women in the state with Home Minister Methakoti Sucharita promising stern action.She instructed the district SP to take stern action against the accused."This is a heinous crime and we will take deterrent steps to ensure such incidents did not recur," said the Home Minister.A case under different sections of POCSO Act 2012 and IPC was registered against the accused.

Prakasam District Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal told reporters that one of the accused Baji a disabled person working in the bust stand ,befriended the girl when she was waiting for her friend at the RTC bus station in Ongole on June 17. She was then taken to his room where he and five of his friends allegedly raped her for five days. The other four were said to be minors who were studying for their diplomas.

The girl, who belonged to the neighbouring Guntur district, escaped from their clutches and reached the bus station on Saturday evening when an on-duty home-guard Venkateswarlu and Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Babu Rao spotted and rescued her, the police official said.

She was then admitted to the government hospital for treatment and her condition was state to be stable. Based on the girl's complaint, police launched a manhunt for the accused and nabbed them from different places since late Saturday night.

One of the accused was nabbed at Bitragunta in SPS Nellore district while he was trying to board a train, he added.

Condemning the incident, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police Gautam Sawang said safety and security of women and children and prevention of crime against them would be given high priority. Perpetrators of such crimes would be dealt with sternly and brought to book systematically, he said in a statement here. Sawang directed the Prakasam district SP to ensure the case was investigated thoroughly to secure conviction of the accused.

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Ongole MLA and Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy visited the hospital and spoke to the victim. He also condemned the incident and said that the accused would not be spared.

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