Toddler's rape: Surat police reaches Bihar to look for suspect

  • | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

They (locals) are not against people from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar,” Satish Sharma, Surat police commissioner. “The situation is tense (in some pockets of Surat) not because the suspect is from Bihar, but because such an incident has happened. A team of the Surat police have been sent to Bihar and other places to look for the suspect in the rape of a three-and-a-half-year-old child in Godadara area of the city. Police suspect the role of a migrant from Bihar, who worked as a painter with the victim’s father. The victim’s family knew the suspect as they used to live in the same house,” Surat police commissioner said.

A team of the Surat police have been sent to Bihar and other places to look for the suspect in the rape of a three-and-a-half-year-old child in Godadara area of the city. Police suspect the role of a migrant from Bihar, who worked as a painter with the victim’s father. He lived on the ground floor and it was from there that the child’s body was found. An autopsy had revealed that the child had been raped before being killed. Meanwhile, police have stepped up vigil in Surat in the wake of tension following the rape as a precautionary measure, in view of the current situation across Gujarat where Hindi-speaking migrants, particularly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were targeted following a rape incident in Sabarkantha district last month. “The situation is tense (in some pockets of Surat) not because the suspect is from Bihar, but because such an incident has happened. People are asking why such an incident took place. They (locals) are not against people from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar,” Satish Sharma, Surat police commissioner. He said the police were “trying their best” to nab the man and that they were in touch with cops in those areas and regions where he could have possibly gone after the incident. To avoid any unwarranted situation, some precautionary measures have been taken and the police are keeping a close watch, Sharma said, adding that locals have been urged to keep calm. “People have been assured that the police are doing their job,” he said. COP SPEAK “In all the four cases, the accused were either relatives, family friends, neighbours or known persons. The victim’s family knew the suspect as they used to live in the same house,” Surat police commissioner said. — With agency inputs

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