The accused had committed gang rape of a minor in Surat.
Surat: One of two men arrested for allegedly gang-raping a minor in Gujarat’s Surat district died in police custody. Giving information about this on Thursday, an official said that after complaining of difficulty in breathing during police custody, the accused named Shivshankar Chaurasia was admitted to the hospital where he died. Shivshankar Chaurasia, 45, and Munna Paswan, 40, were arrested on Wednesday on charges of gang rape of a minor.
17 year old girl was accused of gang rape
Surat District Superintendent of Police Hitesh Joysar said, ‘I was informed that Chaurasia had complained of difficulty in breathing at around 2 pm. He was taken to a health center in Kamrej area. After that Chaurasia was referred to the new civil hospital, where he died during treatment. He had told that in the evening the police will present Paswan in the court to take him on remand. According to police, Paswan, Chaurasia and another accused allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old girl in Mangrol taluka on Tuesday night.
I was sitting with a friend when the brutes came
Police said that the third accused involved in the incident has not been caught yet. SP said, ‘The minor girl had gone to meet her friends after her coaching class. He ate ice cream with two of his friends at around 10:30 pm. He and his friend Mota were sitting in a deserted place near Borsara village, when three persons came to them. The police officer said that the trio caught hold of the girl, while her friends ran away from there. He told that after this he raped the girl and then ran away.
Many cases already against the accused
After receiving the information, the police registered a case under BNS and POCSO Act on gangrape and other charges. Police said that Paswan and Chaurasia were caught from a nearby area on Wednesday evening and while taking both of them into custody, the police had to open fire. According to the police, many cases are registered against both of them in areas like Ankleshwar, Kadodara, Amirgarh and Curzon. A case of murder was registered against Chaurasia in Ankleshwar in 2017 and theft in Curzon in 2023. This year, a case was registered against him under the Arms Act at Amirgarh police station in Banaskantha.
