A fast-track court in the city on Tuesday continued the recording of testimony of a sub-inspector of the Delhi police in connection with the gangrape of a 52-year-old Danish tourist in 2014. The court recorded the statement of sub-inspector Anand and fixed August 18 as the next date of hearing. During the recording of the testimony of the prosecution witness, the defence counsel was not present.
The court had earlier recorded the testimonies of two Danish police officers and the prosecutrix. During an in-camera hearing on July 1, the woman had narrated the entire incident of January 14, 2014 and identified three of the six adult accused as the ones who had gangraped her. The police, in its chargesheet, had said that the nine accused, all vagabonds, had allegedly robbed and gangra-ped the Danish tourist at knife-point on that night after leading her to a secluded spot close to the Divisional Railway Officers’ Club near New Delhi Railway Station. The nine accused, including three juveniles, were arrested.
The three juveniles are facing an inquiry before the Juvenile Justice Board here. The six adult accused Mahendra alias Ganja (24), Mohd Raja (22), Raju (23), Arjun (21), Raju Chakka (22) and Shyam Lal (55) are in judicial custody and facing trial.
The nine accused have been booked on charges of gangrape and robbery or dacoity, with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt under IPC. The woman had also deposed before JJB but failed to identify three minor offenders, saying she had not seen them before.
She had identified her robbed articles, including her purse, which were recovered from the possession of the accused.
