Mumbai: Minor allegedly abducted and gang-raped, 3 suspects arrested, 1 still absconding

In another horrific incident, three accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in the Nallasopara area of Mumbai. The police state that the incident took place on November 16. The incident took place when the minor victim left her home for a morning walk with her friends.

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Three arrested 

The prime accused in the case, Amit, stopped her near Achole Talao lake and after assaulting her friends, took the minor to a room. It was in the room, that Amit along with three more allegedly kept her captive for more than 12 hours and raped her. The friends of the victim who were assaulted filed a complaint about the incident at the Tulinj police station. The police, with the help of the mobile number of the minor victim, was able to locate her. A case under the relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO has been registered and the three were arrested. The search for the fourth absconding accused is on. Further details are awaited. 

1,023 fast-track special courts to be set up

The Union government has proposed to set up a total of 1,023 fast-track special courts for expeditious trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country. Each of these special courts is expected to dispose of at least 165 such cases per year, said a proposal by the Department of Justice under Union Law Ministry. A total of 1,023 FTSCs will be set up, out of which 389 courts, as per a Supreme Court direction, will exclusively handle cases registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, it said. The remaining 634 FTSCs will deal with either rape cases or both rape and POCSO Act cases depending upon the pendency and requirement.

"Each FTSC is expected to dispose of 41-42 cases each quarter and at least 165 cases in a year," the proposal added. According to the Department's proposal note, a total of 1,66,882 cases of rape and those under POCSO Act are pending trial in various courts across the country. There are 389 districts in the country where the number of pending cases under the POCSO Act exceeds 100. Therefore, as per the apex court directives, each of such districts will have one exclusive POCSO court, which will try no other cases, the note said.

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(INPUTS FROM ANI)