GUWAHATI: One of many three suspects within the Aug 22 gang rape of a Class 10 pupil in Assam‘s Nagaon district drowned in a pond whereas attempting to flee from custody throughout a criminal offense scene re-enactment early Saturday, police stated. Tafazul Islam‘s physique was pulled out along with his palms cuffed in entrance and a rope hanging from them, stories Prabin Kalita.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the police model, whereas reiterating the rape as an assault on the state’s indigenous individuals.”The criminals who dared to commit such a heinous crime in opposition to a minor Hindu woman… is not going to be spared by the legislation. A selected neighborhood is changing into very lively after the LS elections,” he had stated Thursday.
On Saturday, the CM stated: “In Assam, when such crimes in opposition to girls happen, no matter motion must be taken, our police take it instantly. There isn’t a compromise…we have now a zero-tolerance coverage. The opposite two absconding (suspects) shall be caught very quickly.”
Residents of his Borbheti village introduced that they won’t “enable his burial locally graveyard, not take part in his ‘janaza’ (burial prayers), and socially boycott his household”.
The woman was gang-raped allegedly by three males when she was returning residence from her tuition courses Thursday night. Police discovered her in a semi-conscious state on a desolate street and Tafazul was arrested Friday.
Nagaon SP Swapnaneel Deka stated Tafazul was taken handcuffed to the placement the place the rape was dedicated for recreating the crime scene round 3.30am Saturday. “There, the accused hit the policeman holding the rope and jumped into the pond. We instantly cordoned off the realm. It was darkish,” Deka stated, including SDRF was knowledgeable and a search was launched. The physique was discovered after almost two hours, he stated.
The crime occurred in an space predominantly inhabited by the immigrant Muslim neighborhood. It reignited public anger in opposition to settlers from Bangladesh – a key side of the anti-foreigner agitation of the Eighties.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the police model, whereas reiterating the rape as an assault on the state’s indigenous individuals.”The criminals who dared to commit such a heinous crime in opposition to a minor Hindu woman… is not going to be spared by the legislation. A selected neighborhood is changing into very lively after the LS elections,” he had stated Thursday.
On Saturday, the CM stated: “In Assam, when such crimes in opposition to girls happen, no matter motion must be taken, our police take it instantly. There isn’t a compromise…we have now a zero-tolerance coverage. The opposite two absconding (suspects) shall be caught very quickly.”
Residents of his Borbheti village introduced that they won’t “enable his burial locally graveyard, not take part in his ‘janaza’ (burial prayers), and socially boycott his household”.
The woman was gang-raped allegedly by three males when she was returning residence from her tuition courses Thursday night. Police discovered her in a semi-conscious state on a desolate street and Tafazul was arrested Friday.
Nagaon SP Swapnaneel Deka stated Tafazul was taken handcuffed to the placement the place the rape was dedicated for recreating the crime scene round 3.30am Saturday. “There, the accused hit the policeman holding the rope and jumped into the pond. We instantly cordoned off the realm. It was darkish,” Deka stated, including SDRF was knowledgeable and a search was launched. The physique was discovered after almost two hours, he stated.
The crime occurred in an space predominantly inhabited by the immigrant Muslim neighborhood. It reignited public anger in opposition to settlers from Bangladesh – a key side of the anti-foreigner agitation of the Eighties.
