Vadodara: Four people, including three Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawans, have been arrested by the Savali police for allegedly extorting extortion from a boy and a minor girl. One of the accused later allegedly raped the minor girl. The incident took place when the girl and the boy were sitting at a secluded place near the Khakharia Narmada canal.
When GRD jawan Anil Gohil reached there with his friend Sangharsh Patel, the girl and the boy were at a secluded place. The two introduced themselves as police and threatened the couple. They said they would call their parents
Two other GRD jawans Jayendra Gohil and Mahesh Vasava also reached the spot and put pressure on both of them. They assaulted the boy and took his motorcycle and asked him to cough up Rs 8,000.
Three accused – Patel, Jayendra and Vasava – took the boy to an ATM on Halol Road to withdraw money. Anil took the girl to a secluded place in his car and allegedly raped her.
After leaving from there, the girl told the boy about the rape.
The incident happened on Thursday and on Friday, apart from Anil, all the three accused were arrested. Anil was kept on Saturday. A police officer said that the accused has not been formally arrested yet. His RT-PCR test was done. The medical of the girl has also been done.
In March last year, a Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) jawan posted at Lakshmipura police station in the city was arrested for raping a 21-year-old girl on the Gotri-Ankodia road. Suraj Singh Chauhan had also blackmailed a girl who was traveling with her male friend. He sent the boy to collect cash and then raped the girl in a nearby under-construction house.
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