The Maha Panchayat of 51 villages in Haryana's Rewari district | Photo Credit: ANI

Rewari: A little over a week after a 19-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped by four men in Haryana's Rewari district, villagers from the area and surrounding settlements called for a Maha Panchayat of 51 villages. Angered with the incident involving the second-year college student locals lashed out at the state government and Haryana police for failing to nab two of the three main accused in the case.

Under the leadership of the Sarpanch of the Garhi Bala village Hansraj, the Maha Panchayat formed a 'Jan Sangharsh committee'. The formation of this team was done to ensure that the Rewari gang-rape victim and her family get the justice they deserve. On the list of agendas was the prevention of such incidents in the future.

Angry villagers criticised the special investigation team (SIT) formed to nab the accused in the Rewari gang-rape case for failing to arrest two of the three prime accused in the case. Those present at the Maha Panchayat also issued a call for a dharna if the accused are not tracked and arrested by the police soon. President of the Kosli bar association, Dushyant Yadav said that no lawyer in the state of Haryana will represent any of the accused in the case. Other bar associations will also be taken into confidence on the issue, he added.

Haryana: Maha Panchayat of 51 villages was organised in Rewari over the recent gangrape case, today. A Jan Sangarsh Committee was formed to help the Rewari gangrape victim get justice and also to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in future. pic.twitter.com/sQhb5ScU7E — ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2018

On September 12, a 19-year-old girl on her way to a coaching class was abducted by three men and dragged to a field near Rewari where she was gang-raped by eleven men before being left to die near the Kanina bus stand. The incident had triggered outrage across the length and breadth of the country.

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