A witness in the sensational Danish tourist gangrape case on Monday identified six accused arrested by the police in connection with the case.
The 51-year-old victim, who had come to India on a tourist visa, was brutally gangraped in January last year. Shivji Singh, a gardener with Indian Railways, who deposed before the court as a witness in the case, said that he had seen all the accused sitting with the woman in a park and one of them was raping her.
He said that he heard the cries of the victim when he had been cooking food. Shivji said that Mahender was committing rape while Arjun had pointed a knife at the victim and was threatening her not to utter a word. “The accused showed the knife to me also with a gesture that they would kill me. I got frightened and returned home,” said Shivji whose statement remained inconclusive on Monday and would continue on Tuesday.
The police, in its chargesheet, had said that the eight persons, all vagabonds, had robbed and gangraped the Danish tourist at knife-point on the night of January 14, 2014 after leading her to a secluded spot close to the Divisional Railway Officers’ Club near the New Delhi Railway Station. The eight accused, including the two juveniles, were arrested in the case. The two 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.
The eight have been booked under Sections 376 (2)(G) (gangrape), 397 (robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 392 (robbery) of the IPC.
