Constable arrested

KANPUR: Constable Vijay Chowdhary, who is accused of assaulting the teenage vegetable vendor, was arrested on Monday noon, according to the Unnao police.

As he was arrested, a team of Unnao police left for Lucknow to seek permission for a DNA sample test from additional director general of police (Lucknow zone) SN Sabat. Sabat was not available for comment. But people familiar with the issue said the police had taken the clothes and shoes worn by the constable on the day of incident into custody. Forensic experts would lift the DNA samples and they would be matched with that taken from the vendor’s body, said a senior officer.

The DNA matching, the officer claimed, was imperative to build a strong case against the constables. The third accused, constable Simavat, was still at large and police teams were working to track him down.