 Zeenews BureauBhopal: Bhopal: A day after the Madhya Pradesh police arrested six accused in the Swiss woman gang-rape case, the Opposition Congress has decided to stage statewide protests on Monday, party sources said. While the state Congress president Kantilal Bhuria will stage a protest in Bhopal, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Ajay Singh will stage a sit-in at Datia to highlight the rising crime against women in the state, the party sources said. Ajay Singh has asked the Congress Legislature Party to raise the issue vociferously in the Assembly today, they said. The protest would be held in the state capital from 1 pm to 3 pm, while at the district headquarters across the state it would be held between 12 noon and 2 pm, they said.
"We have arrested six accused persons who raped the Swiss woman and recovered her mobile," SM Afzal, IG, Chambal Range, told a news agency. All the accused have admitted to the assault that took place on Friday night, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) DK Arya said. The couple told the police that the victim was gang-raped by seven or eight men but as it was pitch dark they could not be sure of the exact number who attacked her, he said. The Swiss tourist, on a cycling trip along with her husband, was allegedly gang-raped at a forest area in Datia district, on the night of March 15. The traumatised woman was treated in the nearby city of Gwalior and was in a state of shock, police said, adding she later left for Delhi. On a three-month vacation, the couple--who are adventure tourists-- was camping at a forest area for the night while on their way back from Orchha, home to temples of Lord Ram, and were planning to cycle to Agra when they were attacked and looted by some persons who took away their laptop, mobile and other valuables.(The offence took place at Jhadia village, eight kms from Datia town, at around 9 pm on March 15, when the woman along with her partner was touring the region on a bicycle as part of their India tour, police said. They told the police that the husband was thrashed, overpowered and tied to a tree after which they took turns raping the woman. Besides the mobile and laptop, they also stole Rs 10,000 with the couple. With PTI inputs First Published: Monday, March 18, 2013, 08:34  via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGMjdCAtUEyRcJaBYoZUBrysdQPpw&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/madhya-pradesh/swiss-woman-gang-rape-mp-congress-to-stage-statewide-protests_836095.html | |||
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