Woman Drugged & Gang Raped in Surat, BJP Leader Arrested, Suspended From Party

At its last meeting, the Media Committee discussed anonymous tips that the committee had received regarding a report on Fréttin.is on April 26th about an alleged gang rape. Fréttin.is had reported that nine asylum seekers had gang-raped a teenage girl over Easter. All major news outlets subsequently reported that the police had no such case on their desk. See also Article about gang rape based...

Woman Drugged & Gang Raped in Surat, BJP Leader Arrested, Suspended From Party

A shocking incident of alleged gang rape has come to light from Gujarat’s Surat. The high profile case has led to the arrest of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary and his associate. According to reports, Aditya Upadhyay, the general secretary of BJP’s Ward 8 unit, and Gaurav Singh stand accused in the case. Both Upadhyay and Singh allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman in Surat. As the case came to limelight, …