Mumbai: The police will take strict action in the Mira Road quarantine centre rape case. No incident of atrocities against women will be tolerated in Maharashtra, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said Monday. The home minister made the comments on his official Twitter account.
Deshmukh made the comment after state Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe called for action in the incident.
“@Thane_R_Police look into the matter immediately. @neelamgorhe ji, the police will soon take strict action. Nowhere in the state atrocities against women will be tolerated,” Deshmukh tweeted.
A 27-year-old attendant at the COVID-19 quarantine centre in Thane district was arrested for allegedly raping a woman there in June. The incident, however, came to light Saturday only. It happened when the 20-year-old victim lodged a complaint with Navghar police station, Inspector Sampat Patil said.
“The woman said she was raped when she was attending to a 11-year-old relative at the centre,” said the inspector. However, the police official failed to mention why it took so long for the victim to lodge a complaint. Patil, like the Maharashtra home minister, also promised swift action.
