Assam Gangrape Case: Main Accused Dies After Attempting To Escape Police Custody By Jumping Into Pond

The prime accused involved in the gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl in Assam's Dhing died after he allegedly tried to escape by jumping into a pond early on Saturday (24 August) when a police team had taken him for scene re-creation.

The 24-year-old Tafazul Islam, the prime accused in the alleged gangrape of a 14-year-old girl in the Dhing area of Nagaon district, was the only one of the three arrested so far and was charged under sections of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the POCSO Act.

The search for the third accused is currently going on.

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three persons in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday (22 August), triggering massive protests by people on the streets.

The girl was was left injured and unconscious on the roadside near a pond, before being rescued by locals who informed police.

The girl was allegedly assaulted and raped by three persons while she was returning home from her tuition on her bicycle in Dhing area around 8pm on Thursday

According to the police, the accused was taken to the location where the crime was allegedly committed for a re-creation of the crime scene around 3.30 am.

Swapnaneel Deka, superintendent of police of Nagaon district told news agency ANI that when a police team took Tafazul Islam last night to the spot for investigation where the incident took place, the prime accused tried to flee and jumped into a pond located nearby the site.

"Our police personnel engaged in a search operation and with the help of the SDRF team we recovered his body from the pond today morning," he said.

Amid the protests over the incident, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had declared that the government would “not spare anyone” involved in the case.

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