NCW forms 3-member inquiry team to look into gangrape case in Khunti

The National Commission for Women has formed a three-member inquiry team who would go to Khunti district in Jharkhand to look into the case involving gangrape of five women, the NCW chairperson said.

Five women, working with a NGO, were allegedly raped at gunpoint by a group of at least five men when they had gone to Chochang village in Khunti district in Jharkhand to create awareness on migration and human trafficking, police said today.

The NCW has formed a three-member team who would go to Khunti district to probe the matter and submit their recommendations to the commission, the official said.

The three-member team would be led by Under-Secretary Preeti Kumar, who would travel to Khunti with a junior technical officer and a lawyer to take stock of the situation, said NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, Sharma said the NCW has also written to Jharkhand Director General of Police DK Pandey to probe the matter properly and has directed him to apprise the commission about action being taken in the matter at the earliest.

A 11-member team of the NGO reportedly went to the village to perform a street play on migration and human trafficking.

A group of men arrived on the scene and took them to a nearby forests at gunpoint where the crime was perpetuated, police said.