{"id":126262,"date":"2024-08-24T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=126262"},"modified":"2024-08-24T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:39:04","slug":"prime-accused-in-dhing-gang-rape-case-declared-dead-after-escape-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=126262","title":{"rendered":"Prime Accused in Dhing Gang Rape Case Declared Dead After Escape Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-126153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/New-Logo-Smal-3.jpg?resize=184%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"51\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>afazul Islam, the main suspect in the <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=126209\">Dhing gang rape<\/a> case, was pronounced dead following a strenuous two-hour rescue operation earlier today. The incident began at 4 am when Islam, who was under police custody, attempted to escape by jumping into a nearby pond. He made the desperate bid while being escorted by police to the crime scene for further investigation.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126253\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Prime Accused in Dhing Gang Rape Case Declared Dead After Escape Attempt\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-126253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25fd6925-c58e-4c30-9038-455a12ee6064.jpg?resize=1000%2C953&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prime Accused in Dhing Gang Rape Case Declared Dead After Escape Attempt\" width=\"1000\" height=\"953\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25fd6925-c58e-4c30-9038-455a12ee6064.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25fd6925-c58e-4c30-9038-455a12ee6064.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25fd6925-c58e-4c30-9038-455a12ee6064.jpg?resize=768%2C732&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25fd6925-c58e-4c30-9038-455a12ee6064.jpg?resize=750%2C715&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Prime Accused in Dhing Gang Rape Case Declared Dead After Escape Attempt<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Faced with the possibility of Islam drowning, the police immediately initiated a search-and-rescue operation. After two painstaking hours, rescue teams retrieved Islam\u2019s lifeless body from the pond. Islam had been apprehended on August 23 after an exhaustive investigation confirmed his involvement as the third perpetrator in the heinous gang rape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reacting to the escape and subsequent death of Islam, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma emphasized that the case\u2019s suspects would face stringent measures. He reaffirmed the state\u2019s commitment to enforcing existing laws to handle such severe crimes effectively. Meanwhile, efforts to capture the two remaining at-large perpetrators persist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This case has drawn considerable public attention, underscoring the urgent need for rigorous law enforcement and the safeguarding of justice for victims of such brutal crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The search operation, the desperate escape attempt, and the broader implications of the case continue to be closely monitored by the public and authorities alike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tafazul Islam, the main suspect in the Dhing gang rape case, was pronounced dead following a strenuous two-hour rescue operation earlier today. The incident began at 4 am when Islam, who was under police custody, attempted to escape by jumping into a nearby pond. He made the desperate bid while being escorted by police to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62],"tags":[29738,13811,29746,29747,29735,29736,29673,29742,29734,29683,29740,20214,29737,29732,24129,29748,29692,29744,29745,20918,29743,29733,29741,29672,29739],"class_list":["post-126262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-update","tag-apprehended-on-august-23","tag-assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma","tag-brutal-crimes","tag-closely-monitored","tag-crime-scene-investigation","tag-desperate-bid","tag-dhing-gang-rape-case","tag-enforcing-laws","tag-escape-attempt","tag-exhaustive-investigation","tag-heinous-gang-rape","tag-justice-for-victims","tag-lifeless-body-retrieved","tag-main-suspect-dead","tag-police-custody","tag-public-and-authorities","tag-public-attention","tag-remaining-perpetrators-at-large","tag-rigorous-law-enforcement","tag-search-and-rescue-operation","tag-severe-crimes","tag-strenuous-rescue-operation","tag-stringent-measures","tag-tafazul-islam","tag-third-perpetrator"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157365,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=157365","url_meta":{"origin":126262,"position":0},"title":"Arunachal Trafficking Crackdown Rescues 19 Children; 3 Detained","author":"News Desk","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Nineteen children were rescued from multiple districts of Arunachal Pradesh and three suspected brokers arrested in a crackdown on an alleged child\u2011trafficking network, police said on Tuesday, August 25. 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