The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged gangrape of a married woman in Naliya town of the district has arrested three persons involved in the crime, police said.
Those who were arrested include Vinod Thakkar (67), his son Chetan (35) and one Ashwin Thakkar (44), said police inspector of Kutch Local Crime Branch, J M Aal, who is heading the SIT formed by Gujarat government to investigate the case.
"Vinod and his son Chetan were nabbed from Mulund in Mumbai while Ashwin was held from Vadodara-Ahmedabad Highway. All of them are accused of raping the victim, who is now in Mumbai with her husband. Efforts are on to nab at least 6 others who are involved in the crime," said Aal at a press conference.
The arrest came a day after Gujarat BJP suspended four party members after their names cropped up in the complaint of gangrape filed by the 24-year-old married woman on January 25 at Naliya police station.
Those who were suspended include Shantilal Solanki, Govind Parumalani, Ajit Ramvani and Vasant Bhanushali. Among these, Ramvani and Bhanushali are BJP's sitting councillors of Gandhidham municipality. All of them are still at large.
In her FIR, the victim alleged that she was raped by these men when she used to work as a clerk at Solanki's gas agency in Naliya around one year back.
She alleged that Solanki and three others first raped her after giving her a spiked cold drink which made her unconscious when she had gone to his house to take salary advance.
The accused made a video of the act and raped her later on several occasions by threatening to circulate it, she said in her FIR.
"Those who were arrested today are not associated with any party. Our efforts are on to nab other accused. We have also issued a look-out notice to airports in order to stop them from fleeing the country," Aal said.
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