RAIPUR: One of the 10 men accused of the gang-rape of two sisters in Raipur last week is the son of a police officer posted at the police station probing the case. In fact, it was the father, ASI Deepak Sahu, who arrested his son, Krishna, and immediately applied for a transfer.
Raipur senior SP Prashant Agrawal granted his plea and transferred ASI Sahu to another police station so that the probe is not hampered. Protests have erupted in Raipur and elsewhere, demanding the death sentence to the rapists. One of those gang-raped is a minor.
The sisters were returning home with a cousin after celebrating Raksha Bandhan on the night of August 31 when they were waylaid by 10 youths in Mandir Hasaud region. They thrashed the cousin, drove him off and forced the girls to sit on their bikes. The girls were taken to a deserted area and gang-raped.
Led by the Raipur SSP, multiple teams tracked down the suspects and arrested all of them by the next morning. Sahu was handed the investigation. He was shocked when the probe led to his son, but he arrested him and promptly withdrew from the investigation.
V Narayan, principal correspondent at The Times of India in Mumba...
Read MoreV Narayan, principal correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, covers city crime, among other things. Lots of travelling, meeting people and developing contacts are his interests.
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