Varanasi. After almost two months, the police was able to arrest all three accused in the gang rape of an IIT BHU student. Kunal Pandey, Saksham Singh and Anand alias Abhishek Chauhan of Varanasi were arrested from their house on Saturday night. Police have also recovered the Bullet motorcycle used in the incident.
The accused were constantly changing their locations.
When the phone numbers of the accused were put on surveillance, their location was found first in Madhya Pradesh and then in Lucknow. The accused were constantly changing their locations. There was no number plate on the bullet on the night of the incident, but later the accused had attached the number plate to divert the investigation.
Police arrested him by adopting a trick
When the police showed indifference as a strategy, all three returned home after seeing the matter calmed down. After this, the police team arrested all three from their house on Saturday night.
DCP Kashi Zone RS Gautam said that with sufficient evidence, all three accused have been arrested and sent to jail. The motorcycle belonged to someone named Santosh, but was used by Kunal.
Photo of accused with big leaders goes viral
Accused Kunal is the metropolitan convenor and competent co-convenor of the BJP IT cell. The third accused Anand is a member of the BJP Metropolitan Working Committee. The three accused have posted their photos with many big leaders on Facebook, which is being circulated on the internet media. Late in the evening, the police produced all three accused in the court of Remand Magistrate Shikha Yadav, from where they were sent to jail in judicial custody.
The incident took place on the night of November 1
The IIT BHU student had gone out for a walk from her hostel at around 1.30 am on November 1 last night. He met a friend on the way. Both of them had moved ahead for some distance when the three accused Kunal, Saksham and Anand, riding Bullet, stopped them near Karman Veer Bir Baba Temple.
His friend was assaulted and the student was sexually assaulted. Made a video by stripping her. They held the student hostage for about 15 minutes and ran away with her mobile phone. The day after the incident, IIT BHU students started a protest demanding the arrest of the accused and the issue of campus security, which continued for ten days.
Meanwhile, the police started investigation with the help of CCTV footage and surveillance. More than 100 CCTV footage installed on the BHU campus and gate were viewed, which led to the identification of the three accused. Their phone numbers were also found active there at the time of the incident.
Akhilesh Yadav and Ajay Rai reacted
Regarding the matter, Akhilesh Yadav posted on Under the pressure of resentment, the BJP government had to arrest him. This is the same BJP who had broken all limits of indecency with a BHU student.
At the same time, Congress state president Ajay Rai also said that Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao is just a slogan for BJP. I had said at the same time that BJP people are involved in this. Meanwhile, State Minister of State for Stamp and Registration Ravindra Jaiswal said that no matter who the culprit is, action will be taken against him.