Three arrested over gang assault on 14-year-old girl in Kandivali; Kirit Somaiya visits police station

A shocking incident has come to light in the Samta Nagar police station area of Kandivali East in Mumbai. A 14-year-old minor girl was allegedly subjected to a gang assault. Samta Nagar police have registered a case and arrested three accused. Further investigation is under way.

After news of the incident emerged, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya went to Samta Nagar police station and met the police. He said he would speak to the Chief Minister and Police Commissioner Deven Bharti to ensure the strictest possible action against the accused.

Somaiya said he had spoken to the girl. According to him, his associates and the police had discussed the case a day earlier. He said he would now urge the Police Commissioner and the Chief Minister to take cognisance of the matter and ensure the strictest action. Somaiya called it a gang rape and said it was a blot on the people of Mumbai. He demanded that the investigation be taken away from the present officers immediately and that senior officers be assigned to the case. He said what the accused did could not be their first such act and that they must have done this to many people.

Somaiya said that a day earlier some people, describing themselves as social workers, had been exerting pressure. But a case has now been registered. He demanded that the property of all of them be seized. According to him, there is a very big conspiracy behind them and that too should be investigated.

Somaiya also questioned the role of the police. He said he felt extremely bad about the investigation carried out by the two police officers and was ashamed of both of them. Somaiya suspected that these men may have been targeting many girls and that no one knows how many girls may have been molested in this way. He called it a very big scandal.

While police have arrested three accused and moved the investigation forward, Somaiya is demanding that the probe be handed to senior officers, that the accused's property be seized and that the alleged conspiracy be investigated.