Drugged, raped over 6 days by 23 across hotels: 19-year-old's horrific gang rape in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened and directed officials to take the "strictest action" against the culprits after the alleged six-day gangrape of a 19-year-old lady by 23 men sent shockwaves across the entire nation. The complaint claims that between March 29 and April 4, 23 males gang raped the survivor at several places. On April 6, the survivor's family had complained about this to the police.

The police had previously stated that a case had been filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 70(1) (gang rape), 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 123 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation).

Twelve of the 23 defendants in the case have been taken into custody by police thus far. According to the news agency PTI, these men are Raj Vishwakarma, Sameer, Ayush, Sohail, Danish, Anmol, Sajid, Zahir, Imran, Jaib, Aman, and Raj Khan.