AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): 2 days after a housewife was kidnapped, gang-raped allegedly by 10 persons in Tripura, admitted in critical condition at BRAM Teaching Hospital. Today BJP leaders, activists have met the gang-rape victim and assured justice.

BJP leader, MP Pratima Bhowmik has asked public not to politized the rape issue. Mohila Morcha President Papia Dutta was also present with the team.

The survived rape victim admitted in hospital, described media how brutally she was raped and each rapist raped her 2-3 times after she was taken to a jungle in a pre-plan way via an auto. The auto driver Pradip was known to her and often she hires it. On Sep 26, when she was returning from GB hospital due to rain, she called that auto driver for life and almost after half an hour he reached.

When the auto was expected to go to Arundhuti Nagar (victim’s home) and driver Pradip took the auto towards Nehru park. When she asked, the driver said, a person will give him money and he just need 5 minutes but as soon as the driver reached near Nehru park and called someone in phoned named Santu. Then two men came and sat in the auto and pressed her mouth.

The auto ran in high speed and entered a jungle crossing Usha Bazar and then she could not recognize the spot. She was threatened to be murdered on spot and brutally gang-raped her.

After rape, she was thrown on the street on Agartala at Circuit House, from where she managed to call at her home with help of public, said the victim.

Pradip, Basu, Akash, Santu : These four persons' names could be traced from the survived rape-victim. 

The victim family alleged that at first went to AD Nagar PS, the NCC PS, the West Agartala PS, then West Women PS but no police station lodged FIR. When she was admitted in TMC hospital, the news spread and then East Women PS lodged FIR. The opposition party leaders visited the hospital, met the victim family including former CPI-M CM Manik Sarkar, Congress leaders.

The CPI(M) party alleged that a ruling party MLA (without taking name) is threatened police not to lodge FIR and demanded arrest of the MLA too.  

Total 4 persons arrested but more are yet to be arrested, but police yet to disclose the names of the arrested persons.