A girl trainer, belonging to the janjati group was gang-raped by members of the scholar’s wing of the Indian National Congress, NSUI, near Dangari waterfalls on September Four within the Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh. The accused have been recognized as Saddam Khan and Imtiyaz alias Sonu Ali. The accused befriended the sufferer girl over social media and later invited her to fulfill them on the waterfall. As the accused had been pleasant to her, she went and was gang-raped by them. Following the incident, the sufferer filed an FIR against them.
As per the First Information Report (FIR quantity–125/2023) the accused males have been booked underneath IPC Section 294 (accused of utilizing obscene phrases). 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage), 376 (rape), 506 (felony intimidation), and 34 (act performed by a number of individuals with frequent intention).
As per the data collected by Organiser, the sufferer girl works as a trainer in a college on the Shankargarh space. Around 3-Four males befriended her over social media and over time she began speaking to them frequently.
On September 4, the lads requested the lady to indicate them the waterfall located within the metropolis and out of courtesy she agreed to it. The accused, a local of the Kusmi space travelled to Manoharpur to go to the Dangari waterfall. At the waterfalls, nobody was current besides this group and it was then they determined to rape the sufferer. They took turns and gang-raped the lady. Even her repeated cries couldn’t make them cease.
Following the heinous act the accused threatened the sufferer with dire penalties if she dared inform this to anybody. They are influential individuals and if she dared converse a phrase in regards to the incident with anybody she might get killed.
Notably, the sufferer lodged a grievance against the accused on the Bagicha police station of the Jashpur district. The copy of the identical just isn’t made accessible by the police calling it a ‘sensitive case’.
Bagicha police station in-charge Akhilesh Singh stated that the police workforce reached Kusmi to seek for the accused, however they may not be discovered. Teams have been despatched to seek for the accused, and shortly each of them shall be arrested.
Notably, the accused Saddam was the previous secretary of the Youth Congress and social media in cost whereas Sonu Ali can also be related to the NSUI. Organiser checked their social media and located a number of posts from 2019 and 2020 once they had been actively working for the Congress social gathering.
Some posts may be seen right here:
The Facebook bio of the accused Saddam reads that he works on the Indian National Congress, the profile of Sonu Ali can also be full of comparable posts.
Considering the political background of the accused males, the Member of Parliament (MP) Gomti Sai has focused the Congress within the case. The MP has demanded that the accused be arrested as quickly as potential and despatched behind bars. According to District Panchayat President Raimuni Bhagat, with the accused Saddam Khan there are various footage of Jashpur MLA Vinay Bhagat on the web. Vinay Bhagat ought to reply this and Congress ought to apologise, she added.
On the opposite hand, the nationwide head of the Janjatiya Suraksha Manch, Ganesh Ram Bhagat stated, if the police fail to arrest the accused they may name for widespread protest within the area. He additionally organised a protest with the locals on the police station.
He stated, “Congress should be ashamed of their leaders who are involved in such act with a tribal woman”.
Here are some footage from the protest:
