Jorhat: Woman raped by rickshaw-pullers; accused arrested

Two rickshaw pullers have been arrested by the Assam Police in Jorhat. The two arrested rickshaw pullers allegedly raped a woman late on Monday night and soon got arrested. The incident took place under a shed of Amar Haat, a daily fish and vegetable market in the Tarajan area along the Assam-Trunk Road in the Jorhat town.

As per reports, the two accused have been identified as Nagen Saikia (25) and Arup Jyoti Kalita (22). Accused Nagen Saikia is a resident of Ajanta bypass and Arup Jyoti Kalita is a resident of Malow Ali.

A case (No 1303/2021) has been registered at Jorhat police station under section 376 IPC and both the accused have been booked by the police.

According to Police sources, on Monday night at about 8:35 pm, information was received that one woman had been raped and left abandoned at the market place of Amar Haat area.

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The police said, "A team of police officials led by SI Indumoni Gogoi immediately left for crime scene and rescued the victim. The victim who was found with her clothes torn was immediately sent to the Jorhat Medical College Hospital for medical checkup." Additionally, the victim works in a restaurant in Jorhat town.

Further, media sources reveals that Nagen Saikia was arrested at about 10 pm on Monday and Arup Jyoti Kalita was arrested a couple of hours later that night.

The Jorhat district unit of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) on Tuesday morning took out a protest rally against the alleged rape of a woman demanding immediate and strict punishment to the two accused. Slogan for justice to the woman was heard on the streets of Jorhat from the Student body.

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