Jubilee Hills gang-rape: Two more apprehended in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Two more persons, both juveniles, have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a girl in Jubilee Hills, taking the number of suspects arrested in the case since Friday to three. According to West Zone DCP Joel Davis, the police apprehended the two juveniles on Saturday morning from different locations in Hyderabad. They […]

Hyderabad: Two more persons, both juveniles, have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a girl in Jubilee Hills, taking the number of suspects arrested in the case since Friday to three.

According to West Zone DCP Joel Davis, the police apprehended the two juveniles on Saturday morning from different locations in Hyderabad. They were produced in the Juvenile Court for custody and later shifted to the Juvenile Welfare and Correction Centre at Saidabad.
The three are from among five suspects — three of them juveniles — who allegedly gang-raped the girl in a car after offering her a lift home when she was leaving a pub in Jubilee Hills post a non-alcoholic party on May 28.

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The DCP, addressing a press conference on Friday night, had said the 17-year-old victim was in a state of shock after the party, with her family, after learning that she was molested by the youngsters. She lodged a complaint on May 31. The Jubilee Hills police first booked a case for outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 354 and the POCSO Act and took up investigation.

But during a counseling session at the Bharosa Centre, the girl revealed that she was raped, after which the case was altered to that of gang rape. It now includes charges under Sections 376 (D) and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 5 and 6 of the POCSO Act.

On Friday, the police arrested Saduddin Malik (18), a resident of Puppalaguda in Manikonda, while efforts are on to nab two others, who are still at large.

Meanwhile, the Jubilee Hills police have seized the second car, reportedly a Toyota Innova, in which the girl is suspected to have been gang-raped. However, the police are yet to officially confirm the seizure of the vehicle. It is learned that special teams tracked down the car from an undisclosed location in Moinabad on the city outskirts.

Sources said officials were verifying the details of the car owner and the places it travelled to in the last fortnight. The CLUES and Technical teams are trying to get more details to establish the link between the vehicle and the case.

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