Bijaynagar sex abuse: Court rejects bail plea of 3 accused

Jaipur: The POSCO court Friday denied the bail application of cafe owner Shravan Jat and two minors involved in the Bijaynagar sexual abuse case of school-going minor girls. The court observed, "When the accused brought the minor girls to the cafe, the cafe owner Shravan not only made the rooms available to the accused but also remained in the cafe as part of the gang and was involved in it." On June 4, the court rejected the bail of former councillor Hakim Kureshi.The cafe owner, Shravan, absconded after his name emerged during the investigation and was later arrested in Bangalore. The local municipality demolished cafe 'Chill Out' in Bijaynagar on Feb 20, citing it as an illegal construction. The case, registered on Feb 15 by the parents of three minors, sparked tension in the region, leading to a bandh in cities like Ajmer, Bhilwara, Beawar, Bijaynagar, Gulabpura, and Nasirabad. Police arrested 17 accused, including four minors, in this case.Special Public Prosecutor Prashant Yadav stated, "It was argued that the cafe owner was in the loop with the accused who brought the minor girls to the cafe for sexual abuse. The cafe owner never objected to such acts in his cafe and charged money for it." He added that the accused cafe owner, Shravan, fled when the incident came to light and was arrested in Bangalore.The bail applications of the two minor accused were also filed in court and were rejected. Yadav said, "It came out in the investigation that the minor accused were involved in the gang. The minor accused called the victims, talked obscenely on the phone, pressured the victims to make other girls their friends, and forced them to wear burkhas and do daily prayers." After hearing the argument, the court rejected the bail application of the two minor accused. Police, after investigation, filed an 895-page charge sheet against the accused in one FIR.