[ 2017-02-24 ]

22 suspected assailants of Kumasi ‘naked woman’ bailed
Twenty-two of the 24 suspects arrested by the
police in Ashanti in connection with the brutal
mob assault and stripping of a woman accused of
theft in Kejetia area of the Central Business
District in Kumasi, have been bailed.

A video footage showing a young woman stripped
naked in broad day light by some men attackers,
manhandling, kicking and assaulting her in the
full glare of the public, already trending on the
social media, has sparked intense public rage,
especially from women rights advocates, calling on
the police to crack the case and get the
perpetrators to face the law.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Henry
Agbeve, the Kumasi Central Divisional Crime
Officer told the Ghana News Agency that the
suspects arrested to assist in investigations,
have undergone thorough screening and have been
found not to have any hand in the crime.

However, he said two persons are still being held
while investigation continues and added that one
man whose face showed vividly in the video likely
to be of some assistance in the investigative
process, is at large. “But the police is still
scrutinizing the video footage, to get all the
perpetrators of the dastardly act”.

Giving details of the case, he said, though the
incident happened on February 8 this year, the
police never got wind of it till three clear days
later through the said video and immediately
commenced investigations though they had not
received any complaint.

This resulted in the arrest of the 24 suspects who
were arrested during a swoop in the locality where
it was said to have taken place.

Prior to this, DSP Agbeve, said a Nigerian lady
(believed to be the victim) was brought to the
police station in taxi with signs of brutal
battering and reported of being subjected to some
physical assault.

She was subsequently given a medical form to the
hospital, but the police could only connect the
two incidents until when the video became public.

The Crime Officer said the lady has since not
showed up and it is unlikely she would apparently
due to the stigmatization, but the police is
intensifying all efforts to get those involved in
the crime.

Meanwhile, DSP Agbeve said the police have been to
the scene to find out what the said lady might
have stolen, but no one could complaint of any
theft. The video showed graphic signs of the
fair-coloured lady with only her brassiere on, as
she laid on the ground being kicked in the lower
abdomen by the feet of her assailants.

They also opened her legs apart to show her
private part and prevented her from covering
herself when on-lookers tried to give her some
clothes to cover herself.

Source - GNA

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