Chargesheet filed in Alwar gang-rape case; 6 booked

Next hearing in the case is on Tuesday

May 19, 2019 12:54 am | Updated 12:54 am IST - Alwar

The police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against the six accused in the Alwar gang-rape case in a SC/ST Court here.

Meanwhile, another case has been registered against unidentified people for uploading the video of the act on YouTube, the police said.

Investigating Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Sharma said a 350-page chargesheet was filed in the SC/ST Court. “Five of them have been charged with various sections of the IPC, the SC/ST Act and IT Act, and one accused has been charged with sections of the IT Act,” he said.

The next hearing in the case is on May 21.

Alwar Superintendent of Police Anil Paris Deshmukh said the maximum punishment for gang-rape is imprisonment till death and added that the case has 35 witnesses. Kotwali Police Station SHO Kanhaiya Lal lodged a case under section 228-a of IPC, which deals with the disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences.

“The case was registered on Friday. We have written to the authority concerned to block the video,” Mr. Lal said.

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