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Today Gujarat Police has successfully captured a rapist in a large scale operation executed seamlessly in a running train.

 

On 8th October a major gang rape of a minor girl in Gujarat’s Surat during Gujarat’s biggest Navratri festival, had shook the entire state. The 17-years old victim and her friend (male) were seated at an isolated place while passing through the outskirts of a village near Surat when three accused robbed her friend. They then took her to an isolated place and where she was brutally raped by the three.

 

While two of the accused, Shiv Shankar and Muna Paswan were already caught, the third Ram Sajivan was absconding.

 

Surat police got information that the accused was going to Ajmer Sharif Dargah to ask for forgiveness. They came to know that the victim was going to take a train for Rajasthan from Ahmedabad. They immediately informed the Railway Police.

 

Different teams of Railway police were put on standby at Sabarmati, Asarva and Maninagar Railway stations of Ahmedabad. The victim travelled from Surat to Ahmedabad in public transport and got on the Bandra-Ajmer Express train today (Friday) morning from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Railway Station. A team of 300 policemen were put on duty to catch the rapist.

 

Large number of policemen boarded the Bandra-Ajmer Express along with the accused. Before the train reached the first major station of Mehsana, the police successfully caught the rapist and took him in their custody.

 

It was a sigh of relief for the police task as the accused was continuously changing his location and the police was not able to catch in spite of a huge force in action.

 

The event was especially shocking as Navratri is the festival when women and girls are seen on roads throughout the 9 nights visiting to and from Garba venues. The incident has generated high tension among parents and family members of females visiting Garba venues. Considering the sensitivity of the incident the police had deployed 10 teams, a dog squad and a forensic team to investigate. 

 

It has to be noted that one of the two victims caught earlier has already died in police custody, after having breathing difficulties. 

 

The three accused had taken the minor girl to a nearby sugarcane farm. After each one raped her in turns, they fleed the place with the mobile phones of the girl and her friend.