Four minors held for raping girl in Ghatkesar

Four minors, including three students and a hookah centre owner, were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a tribal girl after intoxicating her by mixing a sedative in her hookah.

In the incident, four students of an engineering college at Ghatkesar took their classmate, a tribal girl, to a hookah centre at Ghatkesar on November 2. The hookah centre is said to be run by one of the students. They allegedly mixed marijuana in the hookah and asked the girl to smoke it.  After the girl fell unconscious and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

The girl informed her parents about the incident, who lodged a complaint with Ghatkesar police. However, the police did not register a case right away.With the local police not responding to their complaint, the girl’s parents approached local politicians who brought the issue to ‘the notice of higher officials. Immediately, the higher



police officers directed the Malkajgiri ACP G Sandeep to probe into the case. Ghatkesar police registered criminal cases against the four minor students under ST/SC Atrocities Act.

The ACP who is investigation officer (IO) of the case questioned the victim and recorded her statement. Based on complaint, Ghatkesar police arrested the students and produced them before the court and jailed. Sources said that this led to a dispute between the Inspector and ACP and both gave different versions of the case.

The police, on a crackdown against landowners who allow tenants to indulge in illegal activities, seized a flat in an apartment at LB Nagar here after some engineering students were found consuming ganja in it.

Meanwhile, Rachakonda police along with revenue officials  seized a property in LB Nagar area where nine engineering students were found to be consuming drugs.