Assam: 14-year-old gang-raped by three in Nagaon while returning home from tuition

A 14yearold girl was allegedly gangraped by three people in Nagaon district of Assam while returning home from tuitions on her bicycle in the Dhing area around 8pm on Thursday the police said The incident has triggered massive protests in the areaOne person has been arrested in the case while another has been detained The search is on to nab the other accused the police saidSwapnaneel Deka Superintendent of Police of Nagaon district told ANI Police have picked up two persons for interrogation in connection with the incident Our investigation is on We are now waiting for the doctors reportAccording to the police three accused came on a motorcycle After raping the girl the accused left her in an injured and unconscious state on the roadside near a pond The class 10 student was later rescued by locals who informed the police about the incidentThe teen was initially taken to a health centre in Dhing and later shifted to a hospital in Nagaon for treatment and medical examinationChief Minister CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has assured citizens of stern action against the accused news agency PTI reportedThe criminals who dared to commit such a heinous crime against a minor Hindu girl of Dhing will not be spared by the law I have directed the DGP Deputy General of Police and Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika to rush to Dhing and take the toughest action Sarma told reporters in HailakandiDGP G P Singh reached Dhing and visited the crime scene along with district police officialsSarma further alleged that after the Lok Sabha elections a section of members of a particular community have become very active and have been encouraged to commit such crimes We will however come down heavily on the perpetrators and nobody will be spared the CM assuredIn the past two months 22 similar crimes against women have taken place in the state and this is the 23rd such incident he addedIn lower and central Assam and Barak Valley districts where indigenous people have become a numeric minority they are living in constant fear People outside these regions cannot gauge this harsh reality he saidSarma also urged the citizens to be sensitive about the issues of the indigenous peopleWe should identify the real perpetrators behind these heinous crimes and not be stuck in blaming communities within the Hindu society Sarma saidMeanwhile people from all the sections of the society called for a bandh over the incident and hit the streets on Friday morning Shops remained shut and sociopolitical organisations demanded stringent action against the culprits as well as better security for women and girlsTension prevailed in the area and police patrolling and vigil have been intensified after the incidentEarlier Sarma had said that the horrific incident at Dhing involving a minor is a crime against humanity and has struck our collective conscienceWe will NOT SPARE anyone amp BRING the perpetrators to JUSTICE Ive directed DGPAssamPolice to visit the site and ensure swift action against such monsters Sarma posted on XThe horrific incident at Dhing involving a minor is a crime against humanity and has struck our collective conscience We will NOT SPARE anyone amp BRING the perpetrators to JUSTICE Ive directed DGPAssamPolice to visit the site and ensure swift action against such monstersmdash Himanta Biswa Sarma himantabiswa August 23 2024The incident comes amid nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 and the Badlapur sexualt assault case involving two fouryearoldsWith ANI and PTI inputs