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Two juveniles were apprehended in the 17-year old girl gang-rape case, police said. Out of the five accused already identified, a 18-year old man was arrested on June 3 and in total 3 persons, including 2 juveniles, have been apprehended so far in the case, they said.
The two juveniles would be produced before a juvenile court for their safe custody, police said in an official release.
Action being taken as per complaint. No leniency being adopted. Telangana Police works without pressure & doesn’t spare culprits. It (arrest) took some time as there was a minor but our Police works strictly, Telangana HM Mohammed Mahmood Ali told ANI
In the sad and shameful incident where a minor was raped, we stand by the family. I am confident Telangana Police will get to the bottom of it. We have a track record of Zero Tolerance when it comes to Women’s safety, TRS leader K Kavitha told ANI
Earlier, several news reports stated that Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali’s son has been involved in the said incident. However, Telangana Police quashed such claims.
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“Out of the five culprits that were identified, three are minors. One accused Saduddin Malik has been arrested. The allegation that the Home Minister’s son-in-law is involved is baseless,” he said.
The security footage which is viral on social media purportedly showed the girl standing with the suspected attackers outside the pub where she had met them. The boys had offered to drop her home. Instead, she was assaulted inside a parked car in the city. Her attackers took turns to rape her while the others stood guard outside the car.
The 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped when she was returning home after a party in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad on May 28. The matter came to light after the minor girl’s father submitted a complaint to the police regarding the incident.
Telangana BJP president and MP, Bandi Sanjay Kumar in an open letter to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao demanded a CBI probe to bring to book the culprits, opposition parties and women’s rights organisations are gearing up to corner the government on the gang rape case.
Police is asking us as to what exactly happened inside. If anyone misbehaved with the girl. We provide security inside the premises, nothing can happen inside. The incident happened after they made her sit in their car outside: Sai Kiran, Manager, Insomnia Pub told ANI
