Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu has expressed concern over rising rape cases in the state.
Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) M.V. Rao on Monday met the Governor at Raj Bhawan, where Murmu expressed concern over rising and brutal rape cases happening in the state during the meeting.
She is learnt to have asked the DGP to ensure a fear-free environment in the state so that people feel safe in the state. She was also given details about the gang rape of a woman in Dumka district last week who was assaulted by 17 people in the presence of her husband when they were returning home from a fare.
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The DGP said that one person has been arrested in the Dumka gang rape case. The Governor asked to expedite such cases in the state.
A BJP delegation last week had met and demanded immediate action against the accused in the Dumka gang rape case.