Motihari gangrape: NCW to meet President

July 01, 2016 08:35

The National Commission for Women may meet President Pranab Mukherjee today in the wake of several incidents of rape in Bihar, including the brutal grangrape of a woman in Motihari.

"We are not only going to talk to the President about Motihari (incident). We have a chronology of cases from Bihar over the last 3-4 months. In the last week, there have been five cases that have come to our light.

"Many of them (victims) are minors. The real problem is the connivance of the health and police authorities, which is an absolute shame. This needs to be looked into by a higher authority," NCW Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said.

The incident took place on June 13 when five men stormed into the woman's hut, dragged her out and allegedly gangraped her in front of her parents and neighbours. They allegedly brutalised her by inserting a pistol and a wooden stick into her private parts. Five persons have been arrested in connection with the case and two policemen suspended for dereliction of duty.

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