On Tuesday (March 15), Biki Ali, a rape accused of a minor girl was gunned down on the outskirts of Guwahati when he attempted to escape from the custody of the police who were escorting him to the crime scene reconstruction.
According to the police, Ali tried to grab a pistol from one of the police personnel and attempted to flee from custody. It must be noted that a while back, Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma had made it very clear that he will have zero tolerance towards those who shoot at police officers.
During the escape attempt by Biki, two police officials were also injured and both are undergoing treatment. One of the officers is Twinkle Goswami, the in-charge of Panbazar women police station in Guwahati and she sustained minor injuries in her leg and hand.
The officer was admitted to the hospital and her condition has been declared stable.
As per the police, Biki Ali had snatched the service revolver from Twinkle Goswami and fired two rounds towards the police. The police under the rules of engagement returned fire, and the rape accused was killed.
Guwahati Medical College Hospital superintendent Abhijit Sarma said the deceased rape accused had sustained four injury marks – one in the chest and three in the back. “He was brought to our hospital after 1 AM, where he was declared brought dead. Details of gunshot wounds will be available after post-mortem,” the doctor said.
Biki Ali and along with four other youths – Faizur Ali, Puna Ali, Pinku Ali, and Raja Ali – were accused of gang rape of a minor girl in Assam. As of now, the other four accused are still absconding.
As reported, the minor was studying in class ten and was gangraped by Biki Ali and his friends. She allegedly had a relationship with Biki and on February 16, he took her to his home along with a friend, and both of them had raped her together and recorded the act.
To keep her quiet, they had threatened that they will upload the images and the videos on social media if she disclosed the incident.
The 16-year-old girl kept quiet and that is when Biki Ali blackmailed her into accompanying him to an Oyo hotel, where she was gang-raped by his friends Faizur Ali, Puna Ali, Pinku Ali, and Raja Ali in the hotel room.
They again made the video of the act and this time uploaded the videos on social media.
The police booked all the five accused under section 376 (D) of the Indian Penal Code, Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and section 67(B) of the Information Technology Act.
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