Hyderabad: A teenager, believed to be the son of a Telangana politician in Sangareddy district, was arrested on Sunday for his alleged role in the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in a parked car at a secluded spot in Hyderabad’s Banjara Hills neighbourhood. 28 May.
The police have confiscated the car, InnovaAfter five days of searches and forensic experts collected samples on Sunday amid allegations that evidence was tampered with to protect five boys accused of raping the girl. All five are from affluent and influential families.
The juvenile arrested on Sunday is the fourth suspect. Another politician’s 17-year-old son and two of his friends have been arrested in the last two days. The fifth accused is still absconding. The police may move the court on Monday seeking the custody of all the arrested quartets.
Police said the youths picked up the girl from an expensive pub in Jubilee Hills, went to a bakery in Banjara Hills and then took her to a secluded place in the neighborhood where they raped her after the night of May 28. CCTV footage shows the girl sitting in two cars – a Mercedes Benz outside the pub and an Innova car at the bakery.
She was allegedly raped at Innova, which was seized on Saturday from a farmhouse in Moinabad, apparently belonging to a Hyderabad-based man with links to a party.
But it has been suspected that the evidence inside and outside the car has been tampered with either by the accused or by people known to them before the police trace them. “We cannot say anything about it until the forensic experts give us their deductions,” said a police officer.
Forensic experts collected samples from the vehicle to ascertain whether she was abused by all the five inside the car. Strands of hair, fingerprints and some other relevant samples were collected from the car.
Police was also taking legal advice in this matter. MLAThe son of, who was initially acquitted of any wrongdoing. He was seen with the girl in Benz, but he did not go to Innova, in which the youth took the girl to a secluded place and raped her.
BJP MLA Mohd. Raghunandan Rao He held a press conference on Saturday and shared some videos which he claimed to be related to the crime.
Expressing deep sorrow over the gang rape, the Governor of Telangana Tamilisai Soundararajan A detailed report of the matter has been sought.
The police have confiscated the car, InnovaAfter five days of searches and forensic experts collected samples on Sunday amid allegations that evidence was tampered with to protect five boys accused of raping the girl. All five are from affluent and influential families.
The juvenile arrested on Sunday is the fourth suspect. Another politician’s 17-year-old son and two of his friends have been arrested in the last two days. The fifth accused is still absconding. The police may move the court on Monday seeking the custody of all the arrested quartets.
Police said the youths picked up the girl from an expensive pub in Jubilee Hills, went to a bakery in Banjara Hills and then took her to a secluded place in the neighborhood where they raped her after the night of May 28. CCTV footage shows the girl sitting in two cars – a Mercedes Benz outside the pub and an Innova car at the bakery.
She was allegedly raped at Innova, which was seized on Saturday from a farmhouse in Moinabad, apparently belonging to a Hyderabad-based man with links to a party.
But it has been suspected that the evidence inside and outside the car has been tampered with either by the accused or by people known to them before the police trace them. “We cannot say anything about it until the forensic experts give us their deductions,” said a police officer.
Forensic experts collected samples from the vehicle to ascertain whether she was abused by all the five inside the car. Strands of hair, fingerprints and some other relevant samples were collected from the car.
Police was also taking legal advice in this matter. MLAThe son of, who was initially acquitted of any wrongdoing. He was seen with the girl in Benz, but he did not go to Innova, in which the youth took the girl to a secluded place and raped her.
BJP MLA Mohd. Raghunandan Rao He held a press conference on Saturday and shared some videos which he claimed to be related to the crime.
Expressing deep sorrow over the gang rape, the Governor of Telangana Tamilisai Soundararajan A detailed report of the matter has been sought.