AHMEDABAD: Five people, including a police constable, were arrested on Saturday following the complaint of an 18-year-old girl stating that she was raped in a bungalow on Science City Road in the wee hours of Thursday.
Savita (name changed) had told city police that three men, posing as policemen, had entered the bungalow where she was staying and one of them had raped her. She was sent for medical examination and investigations started.
Among those arrested was Balwant Chauhan, 35, a constable with Dholka police. Others were identified as Ramu Bharwad, 32, Raju Desai, 31, Viren Desai and Mukesh Prajapati, both 30. They were arrested after Haresh, driver of the bungalow owner, Kishan Nimbark, revealed that the five had visited the bungalow on the night when the incident occurred.
Balwant and Ramu were Kishan's friends and they had come to visit him. Learning that Kishan had suffered a heart attack, Balwant went to the hospital with Haresh. Mukesh sat outside the bungalow in the car. Ramu, Balwant and Viren went inside the bungalow where they saw Savita. Ramu is reported to have raped Savita threatening her that they were policemen and had wanted to check the residence. They claimed to have received a tip-off about illegal activities happening in the house.
After raping her, Ramu threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anybody.
Sola police station inspector V K Jhala said that all the five will be thoroughly interrogated. "We are also looking into the relationship between Kishan and Savita and why she was living in his house," Jhala said.
Savita, a native of Kolkata, said she had come to Ahmedabad on August 27, to give invites for her wedding. She said she was staying with Kishan, a resident of Swapnil Bungalows, a friend whom she wished to invite for her wedding. But he was not keeping well and had requested her to extend her stay by two days. On August 30, Nimbark had to be admitted to a hospital on SG Highway for treatment and two of his family members were constantly accompanying him.
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