Second accused in Bopdev Ghat gangrape case sent to police custody till Oct 22

Shaikh is the 2nd accused to beryllium arrested successful the lawsuit aft Chandrakumar Raviprasad Kanojiya (20), a autochthonal of Dindori successful Madhya Pradesh (MP). A co-ordinate manhunt continues for the 3rd fishy successful the case, whose preliminary individuality has been established by the investigators.

A 21-year-old pistillate and her person had gone to Bopdev Ghat country connected a motorcycle connected the nighttime of October 3. Around 11pm, 3 men came to the spot connected their bikes and allegedly threatened them with crisp weapons and robbed their valuables. Police said the accused men tied the woman’s person with his garment and belt, dragged the pistillate to an isolated country and raped her.

Police said CCTV footage captured astatine a petrol pump and a edifice provided wide images of the accused. Probe revealed each 3 accused successful the rape lawsuit had been arrested successful theft cases that took spot extracurricular Pune successful the past. Probe besides revealed that Shaikh was antecedently arrested successful different lawsuit of rape and molestation of a insignificant miss successful Pune.

Investigating serviceman inspector Yuvraj Hande produced Shaikh earlier a tribunal successful Pune. Assistant Public Prosecutor Amrapali Kasture sought his constabulary custody. While seeking Shaikh’s constabulary custody, the constabulary told the tribunal that they were collecting DNA samples of the accused—blood, nails, hairsbreadth and saliva—as the important forensic grounds for probe successful the case.

Police said they were yet to retrieve the machete utilized by the accused for the transgression and the motorcycle they utilized to question to and from the transgression spot. Police are yet to retrieve the jewellery robbed from the victim. Earlier, the constabulary recovered the woody instrumentality utilized by the accused.

Police said they besides privation to probe the whereabouts of Shaikh erstwhile helium was connected the tally and if helium received assistance from anyone successful doing so.