Cops arrest two in Goa rape case
Both the arrested, Aman Bharadwaj and Anil Kumar Raghuvanshi work for Intech, a pharmaceutical company in Pernem, Goa.
The accused in the rape case of a nine-year-old Russian girl in Goa — Aman Bharadwaj from Uttar Pradesh and Anil Kumar Raghuvanshi from Madhya Pradesh — have been arrested.“Bharadwaj was arrested from Chembur in Mumbai on Friday evening,” north Goa superintendent of police Bosco George told DNA. Raghuvanshi was arrested from the Panaji bus stand.Deputy inspector-general of police Ravindra Yadav said, “We called Raghuvanshi and convinced him to surrender.” Bharadwaj and Raghuvanshi work for Intech, a pharma company in Pernem.The girl was raped allegedly by Bharadwaj on Arambol beach on January 26.Raghuvanshi engaged the victim’s mother in a conversation while Bharadwaj raped the minor.Meanwhile, All India Congress Committee general secretary BK Hariprasad said, “There is a systematic campaign to malign Goa’s image. Even a small thing becomes international news.”He added, “The Russian girl rape case is an isolated incident and has been blown out of proportion.”