All the accused persons in the brutal gangrape of a young paramedical student have been arrested. According to the police, the remaining two accused were arrested from Badayun and Bareilley towns of Uttar Pradesh. With this, six persons have been arrested in the Sunday night incident which sparked widespread outrage across the country.
‘The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law,’ Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said on Twitter. Sources said the fifth accused was arrested from Badayun in Uttar Pradesh even as there were reports that the sixth accused has been apprehended from Bareilley. On Thursday, one of the four accused in the case was ‘identified’ by the victim’s friend during a Test Identification Parade (TIP) at Tihar Jail here.
The 23-year-old victim’s male friend, an engineer in a software company, identified Mukesh during TIP, a senior police official said. Out of the four accused, only Mukesh had agreed to TIP when he was produced before a court here. Other accused - Ram Singh, Pawan and Vinay - had refused to undergo TIP. According to the official, the positive identification of Mukesh by the friend, who was also beaten up by the gang before the men allegedly raped the girl, is a shot in the arm of the prosecution as it would help them nail the other culprits.
Police have invoked the stringent charges of attempt to murder and destruction of evidence against the accused.
‘The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law,’ Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said on Twitter. Sources said the fifth accused was arrested from Badayun in Uttar Pradesh even as there were reports that the sixth accused has been apprehended from Bareilley. On Thursday, one of the four accused in the case was ‘identified’ by the victim’s friend during a Test Identification Parade (TIP) at Tihar Jail here.
The 23-year-old victim’s male friend, an engineer in a software company, identified Mukesh during TIP, a senior police official said. Out of the four accused, only Mukesh had agreed to TIP when he was produced before a court here. Other accused - Ram Singh, Pawan and Vinay - had refused to undergo TIP. According to the official, the positive identification of Mukesh by the friend, who was also beaten up by the gang before the men allegedly raped the girl, is a shot in the arm of the prosecution as it would help them nail the other culprits.
Police have invoked the stringent charges of attempt to murder and destruction of evidence against the accused.