A court docket in Pune on Sunday remanded the accused within the Bopdev Ghat gang rape case to police custody till October 15.
The Pune metropolis police on Friday arrested the accused, recognized as Chandrakumar Raviprasad Kanojiya, 20, a local of Dindori in Madhya Pradesh, for his alleged involvement within the gang rape of a 21-year-old lady on the Bopdev Ghat on October 3. The police stated the accused has been residing in Pune for the previous few years and has been booked in theft instances previously.
The police have launched a seek for two extra accused wished within the gang rape case. They’re additionally from Madhya Pradesh and historical past sheeters at the moment residing in Pune. In the meantime, the case investigation has been transferred to the crime department of the Pune metropolis police.
The police group produced the accused earlier than the court docket on Sunday. Assistant public prosecutor Vijaysinh Jadhav stated the police sought custody of the accused to get well weapons used within the crime and valuables robbed from the victims. The police stated that the accused’s custody was required for his medical examination and DNA check. The police additionally wished his custody to get details about the absconding accused.
The sufferer lady and her pal, each school college students, not from Pune, had gone to the Bopdev Ghat space on a motorbike on the night time of October 3. The police stated round 11 pm, three males got here to the spot on their bikes and allegedly threatened them with sharp weapons and robbed their valuables. They stated the accused tied the girl’s pal together with his shirt and belt, dragged her to an remoted space and raped her.
An FIR on this case was lodged on the Kondhwa police station below Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 70(1), 126 (2), 115 (2), 309( 6), 352, 351(2) 351 (3) and sections of the Indian Arms Act.
About 60 police groups comprising 700 personnel from the crime department and police stations carried out an enormous investigation. They used drones to map the Bopdev Ghat space and adjoining areas to establish all roads, small and minor lanes, from the place the suspects could have escaped after the rape. Footage of CCTV cameras overlaying an space of about 70 km was gathered for evaluation.
Through the course of, CCTVs at a petroleum pump and a resort offered clear pictures of the accused, who matched about 90 per cent with the sketch of two suspects ready based mostly on descriptions given by the sufferer
The police stated all three had been arrested in theft instances out of Pune previously. After gathering particulars of earlier legal instances, the police found that each one three accused didn’t return residence after October 4. They discovered this suspicious, probed their telephone name particulars, and gathered info from individuals they knew. Lastly, the crime department sleuths traced an accused at Undri round 4 am on Friday.
