Gujarat govt constitutes inquiry committee under retired HC judge for Naliya gang rape probe

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has constituted an inquiry committee for the detailed probe of the sensational Naliya gang rape case under retired high court judge justice A L Dave, Minister of state for home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja informed in the state assembly today.

The minister said that the committee led by Justice (retired) A L Dave would probe the matter in detail. All the culprits in the case would be dealt with strictly.

Notably, main opposition Congress had demanded judicial probe of the case for which the ruling BJP had ousted four of its local leaders, by a sitting high court judge.

Earlier Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had assured the party of a fair probe.

A delegation of Congress leaders led by state president Bharatsinh Solanki had also met Governor O P Kohli at Rajbhavan last month here and handed him over a memorandum demanding the inquiry of the rape case by a sitting judge of High Court. The party had also taken out a 580 km long rally from Naliya to Gandhinagar to protest the incident and its handling.

A 25 year old woman had lodged a case of gang-rape in Naliya police station on January 25 alleging that 10 people had raped her. The woman who is a native of Kutch but lived in Mumbai also alleged that the accused had made her obscene videos and were blackmailing her. The incident of rape had allegedly taken place during a period of one year since August 2015 . She had also tried to commit suicide in a hotel in Nalasopara area in Mumbai. She had alleged that she was working at ousted BJP local leader Shantilal Solanki’s LPG agency and was taken to his home on the promise advance salary payment and was later raped at various place by Solanki and others. Almost all the accused including Shantibhai had been nabbed.

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