Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed and an FIR was registered on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gangrape in a Degree College in Dharamsala.
The Himachal Pradesh police also announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for providing information about the crime. The move comes after people vented their anger on the social media and also students protested against the crime.
The FIR was registered under Sections 354 and 509 of IPC. DGP Sanjay Kumar said that an SIT, headed by Inspector General of Police (North), has been set up to speed up investigations and ADGP (law and order) Sanjay Kundu would monitor the progress of probe.
“The case would be thoroughly investigated and anyone found guilty would be punished,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, several organisations including VHP, SFI and ABVP have demanded stringent action against the culprits.
State VHP organising secretary, Manoj Kumar demanded that culprits be immediately arrested, brought to justice.
If the case is not investigated properly and culprits are not awarded capital punishment, crimes against women would escalate in the state and the image of Himachal would be sullied.
– Manoj Kumar, VHP Organising Secretary
Former BJP minister Krishan Kapoor at Dharamshala also demanded that accused, irrespective of their status, be given death sentence in accordance with law.
Few days ago, tension prevailed over the mysterious ‘gang rape’ incident, which allegedly took place within the campus of Degree College in Dharamshala.
(With inputs from PTI)
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