Monday, May 06, 2024 | Last Update : 05:59 PM IST
Northeast woman’s rape: Accused identified
The police teams are also recording statements of witnesses in the case.
New Delhi: A day after a 24-year-old student from Manipur was allegedly raped inside Deer Park, the Delhi police claimed to have identified the accused on Monday.
Dependra Pathak, special commissioner of police(southwest) and Delhi police spokesperson confirmed the development. “The accused has been identified and further investigation is underway,” he added.
Sources said that the accused resides in a jhuggi in southeast Delhi and when teams were sent to his place of residence, he was not present at home.
A senior police official said that they have questioned parking attendants, private security guards of Deer Park, and other shopkeepers in the locality to get additional leads in the case. The police teams are also recording statements of witnesses in the case.
The police said that they have asked all the restaurants and bars in the Hauz Khas Village area to provide CCTV recordings of their premises between 9.30 pm and 12 am.
On Saturday night, a 24-year-old woman from Manipur was reportedly returning home with a cousin after dinner at a restaurant in Hauz Khas Village, when she was taken to the park by a man who offered to drop her home in his car. The man allegedly raped her in the park and fled.
