All three arrested in South Goa gang rape

A 20-year-old girl was raped by three tourists from Indore at Colva beach

May 26, 2018 10:48 am | Updated 03:36 pm IST - PANAJI

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The South Goa Police on Saturday arrested all the three accused in connection with a  gang rape case at Colva beach late on Friday night.

 

The three accused, tourists from Indore, have been charged with robbing and gang raping a 20-year-old girl while she was visiting Colva beach along with her 22-year-old boyfriend.

 

“All three accused have been arrested. Two accused Sanjiv Dhananjay Pal (23), and Ram Santosh Bhariya (19), both from Indore, were arrested early on Saturday morning. The third accused Vishwas Makrana (24), also from Indore, was picked up from a railway station in South Goa later today,” Superintendent of Police, South Goa, Arvind Gawas, told presspersons on Saturday.

 

The victim, who hails from a nearby village, has also claimed that the sexual assault was filmed by the alleged rapists and she was blackmailed by them against informing the police.

 

Police said that the medical examination of the victim has confirmed rape.

 

An FIR was filed late on Friday at the Colva police station of South Goa under sections 376 (rape) and 394 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code.

 

Meanwhile, Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai, in a tweet, complimented the police for the swift investigation, while also lamenting the quality of tourists coming to Goa. 

 

The Minister had courted controversy months back after he said on a public platform that a majority of the domestic tourists coming to Goa were “scum of the earth”.

 

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