Fadnavis meets Kopardi rape victim’s family

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Minister Ram Shinde on Sunday met family members of the gang-rape victim at Kopardi in Ahmednagar district.

Fadnavis expressed his deepest condolences and assured strongest action against the culprit and strictest punishment through fast track court.

A large number of people were present at this time in Kopardi, a CMO official said.

The CM interacted with them and assured in his short speech that government will leave no stone unturned to ensure justice.

The 15-year-old girl was brutally raped and killed by three men at Kopardi in Ahmednagar on July 13, when she was returning after meeting her grandfather.

She was allegedly accosted by three men, who gangraped her before strangling her.

The victim, a student of class IX, had reportedly been mutilated, and local accounts suggest she was found with her hair pulled out, and hands and teeth broken.