Remaining three accused in the horrific Bulandshahr gang-rape case, which had sent shock waves across the country, were arrested on Monday night.Among those who were arrested is main accused Salim Bawaria.
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All three accused were reportedly from the Bawaria gang, a tribal group involved in robberies, mostly on highways.
Saleem was arrested after national outrage and after the State police and Special Task Force (STF) police launched a massive manhunt for over last one week to arrest him.
On last week, 6 men dragging the woman and her daughter out of their vehicle, had brutally gang raped a woman and her teenage daughter at gunpoint on NH – 91 in Bulandshahr when they were travelling with their family from Noida to Shahjahanpur.
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested on Monday the kingpin of the gang suspected to be involved in the Bulandshahr gang-rape, The Times of India reported.
Earlier, UP Police had arrested Rais (28), Bablu (22) and Naresh (25). Along with the main accused Salim, 6 others were also arrested by the police.
Apparently rattled by the outcry, senior minister in the Samajwadi Party government Azam Khan had remarked that he suspected a “political conspiracy” behind the incident, evoking widespread condemnation.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would order a CBI probe if the family demanded.
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Advocate General Vijay Bahadur Singh said, “The court has sought the state government’s stand on handing over the case to CBI… and what preventive steps ought to be taken to prevent such incidents in the future…”
