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Asha and Narendra Nayak, the couple that first came to the aid of the victims, say communalism has no role in the crimeEeven as political and right-wing groups turn the horrifyingscandal into a communal issue in an attempt to extract political gains in an election year, the two people who had first come to the aid of the victims by getting the police to act swiftly, say they are pained at the attempts being made to create rifts between communities.A day after Bangalore Mirror had reported how the Sangh Parivar had turned the issue into a communal one by suggesting the— he belongs to the minority community — had colluded with the gang which had forced them to have sex while they filmed the act (Victims of porn scandal dragged into’s communal muck, January 10), Asha Nayak, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee said the boy had undergone “more mental and physical pressure” than thehad. To suggest that he had stage-managed the entire incident is appalling, she said.The boy and girl had been chatting in a car on December 18 when they were abducted by the gang and forced to have sex. They were then blackmailed for Rs 25 lakh. The girl was sent to get the money, while the boy remained in the custody of the gang. While away from the gang, the girl had contacted Prof Narendra Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations and Asha’s husband. Narendra told reporters on Friday that he had kept mum on incident until now since the privacy of the victims had to be safeguarded.“But now that it is being made a communal issue, we are forced to reveal the facts,” Narendra said. “On December 19, I got a call from a girl who said that a patient was being beaten up and blackmailed and asked if we could help. I then spoke to the patient, who in turn explained the situation. The patient later revealed that she was the victim. We told her that we will help provided she fights for it. She told me that she was worried about the boy. His life was in danger. I was in Udupi at that time so I told my wife about it."As soon as Asha heard about the incident, she immediately rushed to the Mangalore police commissioner’s office. “The commissioner and the DCP were in a meeting. We then approached Mangalore (North) ACP, Ravi Kumar, who in turn called ACP (South), Pavan Nejjur, under whose jurisdiction the case falls. Both the ACPs, without wasting a single minute, began working on the case. We again sought an assurance from the girl that she would be willing to register a complaint.“I took up this case in the capacity of a human being and not as an advocate. Two ACPs accompanied me in my car as I rushed to the spot where the girl was to hand over the money to gang. We had very little time at our disposal. We parked the car in a by lane and shortly later a few of the abductors arrived in a new Swift car. The police went up to them, but the men turned the car around and fled. We followed them until Tokottu junction, but had to give up."“We then went back to pick up the girl. The girl (from the majority community) had taken shelter in the house of a Muslim family. This is the solidarity people of Mangalore showed. They protected the girl and saw that she safely reached our car. We then took her to a safe destination and asked her in detail what had happened. That was when she blurted out Hindu names of the accused in the Mangalore pub attack. We had pictures of those accused in the pub attack and showed it to the girl on the computer, but she didn’t identify any of them. In the meanwhile, the boy was found so we rushed back to the police station."We must appreciate the police action in the case especially by officers including DCP Jagadeesh and the ACPs. By evening the station had turned into battle headquarters as we all worked out ways to catch the culprits. We were all there at the station till late evening. The girl's statement was also recorded before the magistrate. The certified copy of her statement, which was obtained on January 2, had enough ingredients of a gang-rape as per the amended sections.“The investigating officer and the commissioner of police, R Hitendra, immediately moved an application in court to include gang-rape charges. I must tell you that when we first saw the boy, his eyes were bleeding and his left hand was fractured. The gang had beaten up him really hard. He had bruises all over. He has undergone more mental and physical pressure that the girl. The police have taken the accused twice into their custody. If the boy had any role in the crime, would they not have taken his name before the police?”Narendra reiterated that it was a criminal case and there was no need for anyone to communalise it. “For three days after the incident, we were with the victims,” he said. “Nobody came to help them. We even called for a meeting so that support could be extended to the victims, but nobody turned out. The case will stand up based on the statements of the victims and corroborated evidence in the form of video clips. They are not minors and there was no duress. This is a crime perpetrated by an organised gang of criminals. No one should exploit for political gains."