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Newly hired guard shot after raping woman on Ahmedabad terrace
A security guard hired four days ago allegedly raped a woman on the terrace of her residential building in Ahmedabad's Anandnagar area late at night. The accused, Dharam Singh, a native of…
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A security guard hired four days ago allegedly raped a woman on the terrace of her residential building in Ahmedabad's Anandnagar area late at night. The accused, Dharam Singh, a native of Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, strangled the victim with a wire, raped her, locked her on the terrace and fled after switching off his phone.
Police tracked him through CCTV footage and arrested him within hours. During a recovery operation to retrieve a stolen phone, Singh allegedly tried to snatch an inspector's pistol. In the scuffle, a round was fired, injuring a police constable. Officers then fired another round, hitting Singh in the leg. Both are hospitalised in stable condition. An FIR has been registered against the security agency as well.
The Indian Opinion
The police response was swift, but that should not distract from a simple question: how did a man hired just four days ago have unchecked access to a residential building's terrace at night? Security agencies are rarely scrutinised until something goes wrong. The real test will be whether the police actually hold the agency accountable under the BNS as promised, or whether this becomes yet another case where only the individual perpetrator is punished while the system that enabled him escapes blame.
Sources (3): ndtv.com, ndtv.com (2), hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
