Vadodara: Court sends rape accused to 5 days in police custody

A neighborhood courtroom in Vadodara on Sunday remanded two accused arrested in an alleged case of rape and suicide of a lady to 5 days in police custody till June 17.
The police that’s probing the alleged rape and suicide had sought 14 days police custody of the accused on a number of grounds, together with investigation into the crime historical past of the accused and in addition if the accused had sexually assaulted the sufferer earlier than the rape that occurred on June 8.
The police, which was led to research the alleged rape case after the sufferer’s post-mortem report advised of sperm cells within the girl’s cervical swabs, instructed the courtroom that the custody of the accused was wanted to determine a number of information pertaining to the incidents resulting in the suicide.

In an announcement, the investigating police inspector stated, “The police, in its remand application has stated that the custody of both accused was needed to ascertain if anyone else was also involved in facilitating the crime. The accused had got food and drinks for the party on June 8, when one of the two raped the victim. We need to conclude if someone delivered the food to them and if it was pre-ordered for preparation. If so, what instructions were passed on.”
“The two accused and the victim also worked in the customer service department of a food delivery company and were well versed with technology. It is needed to be ascertained if the accused used their knowledge to destroy any crucial evidence. It also needs to be known if the accused and victim had previously travelled together for outings,” he added.
The police additionally instructed the courtroom that it wanted to be established if the accused filmed any video of the act for the aim of any additional crime. “It is also needed to be ascertained if the accused had pre planned the crime, if the accused had previously tried to get intimate with the victim or assaulted her earlier or whether the accused were involved in other similar crimes before. The presence of the two accused is also needed to conclude if anyone else was involved in the crime,” police instructed the courtroom.
The two accused, aged 19 and 20, had been arrested Saturday, after the 2 examined destructive for Covid-19. The accused have been booked underneath Indian Penal Code sections for abetment of suicide (306), rape 376 (1), and administering poison with intent to commit offence (328).

The girl had died by hanging on June 10, two days after she was allegedly raped by the 19-year-old accused at a celebration that they had organised to unwind, attended by the 20-year-old accused and a good friend of the sufferer’s who isn’t an accused within the case.