Sanand gangrape case goes to Ahmedabad local crime branch

A day after two women were allegedly gangraped and robbed by a mob of 15 people, the local crime branch (LCB) of Ahmedabad police was handed over charge of the case.  The cops so far have no leads in the case.

The women who worked as construction workers lived at an under construction petrol pump in Chekla village in Sanand taluka. The incident occurred an hour after Wednesday midnight when a mob came to the petrol pump and overpowered the four male members and children of the women's family.

Three of them then proceeded to rape the women. The victims who are from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were to leave for their native place on Thursday. There were over a dozen worker families with them but they had already left as construction work had been halted because of rains. The local police, which registered the case, did not make much progress in the case.

After it was handed over to them, LCB police inspector DJ Chavda said that the police are trying to get a breakthrough; however, no evidence leading to the alleged rapists has been detected as of yet.