NCW team to probe Jharkhand NGO women gangrape case

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has formed a three-member inquiry team, who would go to Khunti district in Jharkhand to look into the case involving gangrape of five women, the NCW chairperson said.

Five women, working with an NGO, were allegedly raped at gunpoint by a group of at least five men when they had gone to Chochang village to create awareness on migration and human trafficking, police said. The NCW has formed a three-member team who would go to Khunti district to probe the matter and submit their recommendations. "The team would be led by Under-Secretary Preeti Kumar, who would travel to Khunti with a junior technical officer and a lawyer to take stock of the situation," said NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma.

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