the goan I network
MARGAO
The South Goa Sessions Court on Wednesday ordered framing of charges against the three accused from Indore, Madhya Pradesh in the Betalbatim gang rape case.
Formal charges against the three accused persons, Ishwar Mackwana (27), Ram Bariya (19) and Sanjeev Pal (23) under various provisions of the IPC, including gang rape, robbery, extortion, wrongful restraint and extortion will be framed by the court on
October 17.
When the matter came up for hearing, the lawyer
representing the three accused persons under the legal aid scheme, Adv Spencer Viegas, said he has nothing to argue before framing of
charges against the three accused, paving the way for Judge Vijaya Ambre to order framing of charges against the accused.
In the chargesheet, the Colva police has stated that the accused persons on the night of May 24, between 8.20 pm to 8.50 pm, had wrongfully restrained the 20-year-old victim girl and her boyfriend and threatened them with dire consequences before inducing the boy to hand over the keys of the scooter, thereby committing robbery.
The police further stated that the trio assaulted the victim’s boyfriend with fist blows and thereafter they had forceful sexual intercourse with the victim in turns against her wish and consent.
The accused were further accused for forcefully getting the victim and her boyfriend to undress before clicking their photos and video in a semi-nude state.
The Colva police further claimed in the chargesheet that accused No 3, Ishwar Mackwana, against whom a number of criminal cases are pending at Indore, including robbery and murder, later demanded an amount of Rs 10,500 from the duo, while threatening to make the photograph and video rival on the social media.
The Colva police have cited as many as 55 witnesses in support of its case in the heinous gang rape. The chargesheet contains as many as
292 pages.
