One more arrested in Rohtak gang rape case

ROHTAK: The special investigation team (SIT) in Rohtak Dalit girl gang rape case made another arrest on Sunday. Police said they have arrested Sandeep Hooda of Rohtak’s Kiloi village, who along with his accomplice Parmod, had allegedly raped her on July 13. However, neither Hooda nor Parmod were named by the victim in her complaint.

The 21-year-old Dalit girl had alleged she was raped by five men for the second time in Rohtak on July 13.

The police said Hooda, a sports shop owner, revealed that he knew the victim before. Police said, “From what he has revealed till now, on the date of the alleged incident, the Dalit girl called him and asked him to meet him at Mansarovar Park. He, along with his friend Parmod, went to see the girl in Parmod’s car. After he introduced his friend with the girl, they all went somewhere in Parmod’s car.”

However, the police said they were yet to verify the accused’s claim that the victim went with them on her own consent. The police said it would also verify if the girl was raped or had her consent in the incident.

Besides Hooda, police have arrested three out of five accused named by the victim in the FIR. The three— Amit, Jagmohan and Sandeep from Bhiwani— had submitted CCTV footage as alibi of them not being in town during the date and time of the alleged incident. Their four day police remand ended on Sunday.