Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Buxar : Buxar police on August 13, 2017, arrested Sanjay Paswan, Buxar district vice-president, Bharatiya Jaanata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), and Srinath Ram in connection with gang rape and attempt to murder of a teenage girl on August 12. They were to jail. The other accused are still at large.
Buxar SP Rakesh Kumar on August 14 said that a teenage girl of village Ataw under Dumraon police station had an affair with a youth of the same village. On August 12 evening, her uncle (Phufa) Sanjay Paswan went to the girl and said that her boy friend had met with a serious accident and took her with him and handed her over to Srinath Ram, Devmuni Ram and two others. Later, they took her to a diara ( riverine) area in a four wheeler where all of them gangraped her at gun point and when she protested, Srinath Ram shot at at her.
The accused threw her into a bush thinking she had died and escaped from there. She remained in the bush whole night. On August 13 morning, some fishermen heard her cries and took her to a hospital in Balia in UP where police recorded her statement. The UP police informed their Buxar counterpart about the incident. Then a team of Buxar police went to Balia and brought the survivor to Buxar. On her revelation, Buxar police arrested Sanjay Paswan and Srinath Ram. Sanjay Paswan told police that the girl was in love with with a boy of the village that had disturbed the peace of the house hence he handed her over to Srinath Ram, Devmuni Ram and other to kill her.