The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the attack on assault on a young Army officer and his friend and the alleged gangrape of their female friend in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district is disgraceful for society.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ajay Singh, said that a case has been filed at Patel Nagar Police Station under the POCSO Act.The police are currently working to gather evidence against the accused.
SP leader Moeed Khan and his house help are accused of raping and blackmailing a 12-year-old girl who worked as a daily wage employee at Khan's home in Ayodhya.
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav condemned the Ayodhya gangrape incident and alleged that the BJP was doing politics over the incident, adding that they are doing this because they lost (Lok Sabha elections) in Ayodhya.
Echoing the demand of Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad to conduct a DNA test in the case of the gang rape of a minor girl, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that DNA tests should be done on the rape accused to deliver justice to the victim.
"The police have registered a case against the three accused under IPC Section 376D, 328, POCSO Act 3/4, and 3/2 SC ST Act and have also arrested the trio, which included Bharat Singh, Anil, and Sonu," said the SSP of Moradabad.
Jharkhand Police on Tuesday arrested five other accused who were on the run in the case of gang rape and assault with a Spanish woman, an official said.