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Rajkot: A 28-year-old woman in Mota Jhinjhuda village of Savarkundla taluka in Amreli district lodged a rape complaint against a man from Savarkundla on Saturday.The woman has also named eight persons including a cop with Amreli police as co-accused in the case. “Following the complaint, we have launched a manhunt for the accused,” added Sarvaiya. However, Hitesh Rathod, a resident of Vidhyutnagar in Savarkundla, is the main accused who had allegedly raped the woman several times in the past two-and-a-half months.“The other accused used to help Rathod in getting him vehicles to take the woman and providing him with accommodations and places where he allegedly raped her,” said Savarkundla rural police station sub-inspector B K Sarvaiya.The other accused have been identified as Dhawal Rathod, Ranvir Borisagar, Rasik Babaria, Hitesh Babaria, Natha Babaria, two women identified as Rani Rajabhai and Kamiben, and a cop with Amreli police station, identified as Ramesh Vala..