Two accused in Bengaluru rape case shot at during escape bid
BENGALURU: Police fired at two of the six Bangladeshis arrested in the gang rape case and caught hold of the duo as they tried to escape by allegedly trying to attack them during the spot inspection of the crime scene on Friday, officials said.
The two have been identified as Hridoy and Sagar, both in their early twenties, police sources said. Four men among the arrested were taken to the rented house where they stayed in K Channasandra for the ‘spot mahazar’ (spot inspection of the crime scene), during which two of them tried to attack policemen and escape, they said.
According to officials, both were shot in their legs and are now undergoing treatment at a government hospital.
Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested six illegal Bangladeshi migrants--four men and two women--in Ramamurthy Nagar here for allegedly brutalising a woman and raping her, a video of which has gone viral.
On the basis of the contents in the video clip and facts as disclosed during their preliminary interrogation, a case of rape, assault and under other relevant provisions of law, has been registered against the accused in Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station, police had said in a statement last night.
As the victim is away in a neighbouring State, a Police team has been dispatched to trace her, so that she could join the investigation, it said.
As per the information revealed so far, all of them are part of the same group.
Due to financial dispute, they brutalised the victim, who is also said to be a Bangladeshi, brought to India for human trafficking, police said, adding that investigation is being carried out in full earnestness, under the supervision of senior officers.
The video first surfaced in Bangladesh after which the Deputy Commissioner of Tejgaon zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Mohammad Sahidulla took up the case, police said. During the investigation in Bangladesh, one of their accomplices was caught and interrogated.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, BOTH WERE SHOT IN THEIR LEGS AND ARE NOW UNDERGOING TREATMENT AT A GOVT HOSPITAL