Manipuri girls molestation: accused refuse identification parade

Five men arrested for allegedly beating and molesting two Manipuri girls and hurling racist abuses at them on Tuesday refused in a Delhi court to appear before the alleged victims to be inentified by them.

After the five accused — Prem Chand, Yogesh Prasad, Bharat, Manoj and Bhagwandas — refused to undergo TIP (test indentification parade), Metropolitan Magistarte Monika Saroha, who was hearing the matter behind the closed door, sent them to 14 days of judicial custody.

‘The accused persons be produced on February 17 from JC (judicial custody),’ court sources said.

The sources also said that during the in-camera hearing, the accused persons have refused to undergo the test, saying they will be identified by the complainants.

On Monday, the police got one-day custody to quiz Chand who was produced before the judge.

The incident, which occurred at Kotla Mubarakpur area on 25 January 25 evening, came to light following an uproar over the death of a student from Arunachal Pradesh Nido Tania who was assaulted by shopkeepers on 29 January.