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Sri Sathya Sai district police arrest seven more suspects in gangrape case, bringing total arrests to 13
A day after the arrest of the six accused in the case related to alleged gangrape of a minor girl from Ramagiri mandal, the Sri Sathya Sai district police on Tuesday arrested seven others, including a minor, for their alleged involvement in the case. With this, the total number of arrested in the incident rose to 13 and police are on a hunt to nab other accused in the case.
Speaking to the media here, Superintendent of Police V. Ratna on Tuesday said the accused arrested on Tuesday were Budida Rajesh, Tumu Hemanth, Chinna Bosi Karthik, Basi Sonappa and Budida Rajendra, all residents of Eduguralapalle village, Anke Muktanand of Tallimadugu village and a minor boy.
The accused were booked under various Sections of BNS, POCSO, SC/ST (POA) Act, and IT Act. The gangrape incident came to light on June 5. Alerted by the locals, the police nabbed the accused.
Meanwhile, Ms. Ratna denied the reports of involvement of political parties in the incident and the investigation was done based on scientific and technical evidences. 'There is no involvement of any political party in the incident. The minor girl had been subjected to sexual abuse since the past two years,' she said.
