India: Court acquits 21 policemen accused of gang-raping 11 AP tribal women

Kondh tribal women

Visakhapatnam, Apr 8 (PTI) As many as 21 policemen accused of gang-raping 11 Kondh tribal women 16 years ago at a village in Alluri Sitarama Raju district in the state have been acquitted by a Special Court.

The Court held the accused were primarily acquitted because of the failure of the two investigating officers to conduct a fair and impartial investigation.

The women were allegedly gangraped by the police personnel who belonged to Greyhounds, a special team, in August 2007.