New Delhi: The Bengaluru police arrested six folks, together with two girls, on Friday (May 28, 2021) in connection to a case of rape and assault of a woman.
The accused are booked for allegedly raping a woman, torturing her and recording the assault.
These arrests had been made hours after Assam Police shared screengrabs from horrific video, being circulated on social media platforms, in which a younger woman was brutally assaulted and tortured by 5 folks.
The DCP East Bengaluru City, Dr Sharanappa SD whereas addressing the press stated “We have secured 6 accused, including 4 men and 2 women, so far. As per the preliminary information, we have found that the victim & accused are known to each other. Accused is being questioned.”
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant stated, “Based on the contents of the video and preliminary investigation, a case of rape and assault has been registered against 6 persons including 2 women at Bengaluru’s Ramamurthy Nagar police station. A police team has also been deputed to an adjoining state to trace the victim so that she could join the investigation.”
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner additionally stated that, in accordance to the data revealed to this point, all of them are half of the identical group and are believed to be from Bangladesh. The sufferer who can also be a Bangladeshi was introduced to India for trafficking and was tortured and brutalised due to a monetary matter, he added.
The investigation is being carried with full earnestness and underneath the supervision of senior officers, the Police Commissioner stated.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai additionally met with police officers over the difficulty of this gut-wrenching video.
“There is no name of the victim mentioned in the FIR. A directive has been issued for the probe to be conducted without any interference. We’re giving all information to the court. 5-6 persons were arrested within few hours of the video going viral,” stated Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
The state Home Minister additionally added, “The allegation is that we didn’t take any steps till the video went viral. Initially, we didn’t know the location of the video. A probe revealed the location of the video, after which the accused were traced and arrested.”
Additionally, two of the accused had been shot in the leg on Friday once they allegedly tried to escape from the crime scene. The accused had been taken to the crime sport in the wee hours of Saturday for the reconstruction of crime scene. Two of the accused allegedly tried to flee, consequently of which police had to open fireplace.
