2 arrested for Vadodara minor gang-rape; hang them, demand victim's relatives

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad crime branch on Sunday arrested two persons for the gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl in Vadodara, police said.

The mother and sister of the victim demanded that the two men, identified as Kishan Mathasuriya (28) and Jaso Solanki (21), be hanged to death.

The accused, Mathasuriya and Jaso Solanki were held from Tarsali locality of Vadodara where they lived, Ahmedabad Special Commissioner of Police (Crime), Ajay Tomar said.

"Mathasuriya is originally from Tarapur village in Anand, and Solanki is from Jasdan in Rajkot," Tomar informed..

The special Commissioner of Police added, "Ahmedabad crime branch worked in coordination with the Vadodara city police to crack the case."

The girl was raped on the night of November 28, in Navlakhi Compound area on Rajmahal Road in Vadodara, where she had gone along with her male friend.

The accused thrashed the boy accompanying the minor and then dragged her to an isolated place within the compound and took turns to rape her before escaping.

"My daughterwas forced to walk through thorny bushes because of which she received injuries on her legs, and then was gang-raped, the mother of the victim said.

"We want the government to ensure the case is heard in a fast-track court and the accused are hanged to death,

so that it sets an example for others," the victims mother added.

"The Gujaratgovernment should request the High Court to fast-track this case. The state should provide dedicated public prosecutors for the case," the victim's sister said.

Earlier in the day, the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that the Vadodara rape case, like those in Rajkot and Surat, would be heard by fast-track courts to ensure speedy

punishment to the perpetrators.