Hyderabad: Two teenage boys, accused of raping a schoolgirl in Hyderabad in Jubilee Hills last week, have been remanded in custody, police said on Saturday. One of them is the son of the local leader of the party of Prime Minister K Chandrashekar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
One suspect identified as Saduddin Malik was arrested yesterday.
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five young men while returning home after a party at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad on May 28. a survivor. Three of them are small.
The crime in the center of Telangana’s capital, allegedly involving the children of politicians who drive luxury cars, has caused a stir. Police chief Joel Davis said allegations that the home affairs minister’s grandson was involved were untrue.
A clip taken from security camera footage widely circulated on social media shows a girl standing with the suspects outside a bar where she met them.
The boys then said they would leave him at home. Instead, they went to a cake and coffee shop, where they changed into Innova. After walking for a while, he was hit inside a car parked in the city. They took turns raping others while they were watching outside.
Police first registered a case of “misconduct” based on a complaint from the girl’s father. It was later turned into a rape case.
TRS Acting President and Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday called on the Interior Minister, the Director-General of Police (DGP) and the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner to take “swift and decisive action” in the case.
But the incident has taken on a political dimension, with the opposition BJP blaming the involvement of ruling party leaders TRS and Asimuddin Owaisi’s AIMIM party and issuing allegations of delays in the arrest of the suspects.
Raising slogans against the police and others, BJP members held a dharna at the Jubilee Hills police station in the city, demanding immediate action.