BENGALURU: The South-east division police on Wednesday late evening produced the three accused involved in the gang-rape of a 25-year-old Bhutan national before a magistrate, who remanded them to judicial custody.
The three accused, Bukhtiar, Khadim and Babu, were arrested from Whitefield by the Electronics City police on Monday noon after the survivor had approached the police and registered a case. DCP South-east Dr Boralingaiah said, “Police have legalized the arrest and on Wednesday evening, the three accused were produced before the judge.”
During the interrogation the accused had confessed to the crime. One of the accused Bhuktiar told police that they had sexually assaulted her on Monday early morning. The victim did try to resist, but failed to overpower them. During investigation the police found injury marks on the survivor as well as the accused, said a police officer.
The 25-year-old survivor, who is currently undergoing treatment, is said to be coping well. As the police have completed the probe into the gang-rape case, a chargesheet will be filed soon. Electronics City police have registered a case under Section 376 D of IPC.
