Haldwani, Nov 13 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a hotel in Haldwani, Uttarakhand and police have arrested four men, including a student leader of the ABVP, in connection with the crime, officials said on Friday.
Police said the incident took place on Thursday night at a hotel in the Mukhani area in Haldwani and that all four suspects were reportedly members of the city’s well-known ITI Gang.
The victim’s family filed a complaint at the Mukhani police station in Nainital district late Thursday night, alleging that four young men issued threats to their 16-year-old daughter, took her to a hotel and brutally assaulted her.
Following the complaint, the police registered a case under the relevant sections of the law and launched a search for the suspects.
Police apprehended the suspects on Friday afternoon within six hours of the filing of the complaint, they said.
One of the accused, Dheeraj Bisht, contested the student union president’s post as the ABVP candidate this year at the MBPG College. Nitin Pal, Ansh Khatri, and Himanshu Goni are also members of the ITI Gang.
Acting on the directions of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manjunath T C, a police team led by Station House Officer (SHO) Sushil Joshi arrested the four men on Friday.
The SSP emphasised that the police maintain a ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward those who commit crimes against minors and women. Strict legal action will be taken against the accused in such cases, he said. PTI COR SPY SPY SKY
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