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Women's panel asks Haryana top cop for probe details in CBSE topper gang rape case

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Published : Sep 15, 2018, 8:20 pm IST
Updated : Sep 15, 2018, 8:20 pm IST

NCW chairperson said the commission strongly condemns the incident and has written to BS Sandhu, seeking an update in the matter.

Haryana Police chief BS Sandhu has been asked to submit the probe report to women's panel chief. (Photo: File | ANI)
 Haryana Police chief BS Sandhu has been asked to submit the probe report to women's panel chief. (Photo: File | ANI)

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed Haryana Police chief BS Sandhu to apprise it of the investigation at the earliest in the gang-rape of a 19-year-old former CBSE topper in Haryana, according to an official.

Taking suo motu cognisance in the case, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said the commission strongly condemns the incident and has written to Sandhu, seeking an update in the matter at the earliest.

The father of the teen said she could have been raped by eight to 10 men.

Read: 19-yr-old CBSE topper abducted, sedated, gang-raped in Haryana

According to the police case or FIR, the incident took place when the college student was returning from a coaching centre in her district.

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The woman in her complaint alleged that she was kidnapped by the accused, who arrived in a car and was taken to a secluded place, where she was gang-raped after being offered a drink laced with sedatives.

Tags: cbse topper's rape, haryana police, haryana rape case, haryana police chief bs sandhu, national commission for women
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