Police initially caught Munna Vanzara inside 48 hours of the incident from his home. (Representational)
Vadodara:
Three labourers have been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old woman in Vadodara metropolis of Gujarat, a breakthrough achieved inside 48 hours of the crime after analysing footage from 1,100 CCTV cameras and a manhunt, police mentioned on Monday.
Two others who had accompanied the primary accused on bikes to the crime spot are being interrogated.
The accused people initially belong to Uttar Pradesh and settled down in Vadodara over ten years in the past, police mentioned. They’re recognized as Munna Vanzara (27), Mumtaj Vanzara (36) and Shahrukh Vanzara (36).
“The accused have been working as building employees in Vadodara metropolis,”, metropolis Commissioner of Police Narasimha Komar instructed reporters.
The teenage woman was allegedly raped by the trio on Friday late evening who restrained her male buddy on a abandoned stretch on the outskirts of the town on a Navratri evening when revellers come out in giant numbers to rejoice garba, police had mentioned.
In keeping with police, 5 males had approached the woman and her buddy on two bikes. Whereas two of them left the spot, three others dedicated the crime and likewise snatched the cell phone of the sufferer. They threatened the sufferer in opposition to disclosing the incident.
After receiving details about the incident, police cordoned off the world and launched a manhunt.
The incident induced a large uproar and raised questions over the security of individuals, particularly ladies, going out in the course of the evening to rejoice the Navratri competition.
“Police launched a large manhunt involving 65 officers who analysed footage from 1,100 CCTV cameras put in throughout 45-km routes within the metropolis,” Komar mentioned.
Police initially caught Munna Vanzara inside 48 hours of the incident from his home in Tandalja locality. His interrogation led police to Mumtaj Vanzara and Shahrukh Vanzara, who additionally reside in the identical locality, the crime department said.
Munna, a local of Gonda in UP, lives along with his pregnant spouse in Tandalja, a locality in Vadodara. He had come to Vadodara a decade again and labored within the building trade. The motorbike used within the crime belonged to him.
Mumtaj and Shahrukh are initially from Ambedkar Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh and settled in Vadodara 14 years in the past. Each are married.
Mumtaj was earlier booked on the costs of dowry harassment and cruelty on the grievance of his spouse, police mentioned.
The accused trio has been booked beneath sections 70(2) (gang rape on girl beneath 18), 309 (4) (inflicting harm throughout theft), 351 (3) (legal intimidation), 65 (1), 54 (abettor current when offence dedicated) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and different sections of the POCSO Act.
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