2 more accused held in Hyd gang rape case

THE INCIDENT CAME TO LIGHT ON MAY 31, WHEN THE VICTIM’S FATHER REGISTERED A COMPLAINT OF MOLESTATION; LATER, THE GIRL SAID SHE WAS GANG RAPED

HYDERABAD: Telangana Police on Saturday arrested two more juveniles in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills after she went to a party organised by her school classmates on May 28.

Hyderabad (West Zone) deputy commissioner of police Joel Davis said out of five persons identified as the accused in the minor girl’s rape, three persons were apprehended so far in the minor girl rape case, including Saduddin Malik (18) from Puppalguda area, who was arrested on Friday.

“Of the remaining two, one Omer Khan (18) is major and the remaining person is a minor. Efforts are on to apprehend the remaining accused who are absconding,” Davis said.

The incident first came to light on May 31, when the victim’s father registered a complaint of molestation. This however, was modified to sections pertaining to gang rape on Friday after the girl revealed to police counsellors that she was sexually assaulted by five people in a vehicle.

Police officials said that the 17-year-old, a Class 12 student of a popular public school in the city, was invited to a party at Amnesia and Insomnia Pub at Road No. 36 of Jubilee Hills on the afternoon of May 28.

The party was hosted by classmates, primarily from classes 11 and 12, and saw an attendance upwards of 150 people. The FIR, first registered by her father on May 31, said, “At about 5.30pm, a few boys took her out in a red-coloured Mercedez Benz car, with one Toyota Innova car which was yet to be registered following them. Later, they misbehaved with her and even inflicted minor injuries over her neck,” the FIR said.

The report, quoting the father, said the girl was in deep shock and unable to disclose the exact version of events.

“The father chose to lodge a complaint with us only after three days at 8pm, after realising that something had happened to her, as she had not recovered from the shock even after two days,” Hyderabad