Was There 'Enough Space' For Rape In The SUV? Gujarat Police Wants A Report From RTO
The Local Crime Branch LCB of the Vadodra district police of Gujarat has sent a request to the Road Transport Office RTO to ascertain if a sports utility vehicle SUV would have enough space for rape. The crime branch also wanted a report on the sturdiness of the lock system of the car.
In an insensitive and foolhardy approach, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of the Vadodra district police of Gujarat has sent a request to the Road Transport Office (RTO) to ascertain if a sports utility vehicle (SUV) would have ¡°enough space" for rape.
Investigarting an alleged rape case, the LCB asked the RTO to issue a certificate for a SUV, confiscated for the crime, to find out if the vehicle would have enough space after the front seat was ¡°pushed back", according to an Indian Express report.
The crime branch also wanted a report on the sturdiness of the lock system of the car.
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The car, a Toyota Fortuner, was owned by by Bhavesh Patel, a former Padra Municipality councillor and former director of an agricultural produce market corporation (APMC). Patel is also a ¡°notorious bootlegger", the report said.
An RTO official, who did not wish to be named, said this definitely is the first time that the police have asked for a technical certificate for the central locking system and the leg space that can be created by pushing back the seats ¡ª these are usually not required in other criminal cases.
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"The department cannot opine on whether the crime has occurred in that much space or not. The department
The crime took place on the intervening night of April 26 and 27.
The survivor filed a police complaint on April 30 and the accused was held on May 2 from Jaipur in Rajasthan.
