Hyderabad: A home guard of the Vanasthalipuram traffic police and his friend were arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl.
Earlier, the cops had taken three suspects into custody in the case and they revealed the names of the culprit. While the home guard was booked for rape, his friend was booked for concealing the incident.
The accused were identified as Muthyam Goud, the home guard, and Chandrashekhar, a cab driver. During the interrogation, Chandrashekhar had revealed Muthyam Goud’s name.
According to P. Gopala Krishna Murthy, inspector of Vanasthalipuram police station, Chandrashekhar saw the victim at an Internet centre in Turkayamjal and informed Muthyam Goud about her.
Muthyam came on his bike and offered her a lift till her relative’s house, but instead took her to a secluded place on the outskirts of the city and raped her.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s uncle, a case was registered earlier. Police picked up other suspects in the case and zeroed in on the home-guard. The victim, who is a Class X student, lives in Kamaguda.
