Medical student gang rape: Cops release sketch of one of the suspects

Medical student gang rape: Cops release sketch of one of the suspects

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, June 24,2013: Intensifying the hunt for culprits who abducted and raped a medical student from Kerala at Manipal near here last week, the police have formed 11 teams with 200 personnel working on the case.

The Udupi police also released a sketch of one of the accused prepared on the basis of the description given by the 22-year old victim, who was abducted by three persons from Manipal University campus while she was returning to her room from the library and gangraped late night on Thursday.

 

 

Sketches of the other two accused were expected to be released soon, Udupi SP Dr Boralinagaiah told reporters.

Police are confident of nabbing the accused as they are working on leads secured on the suspects and the auto used for committing the crime, Reddy said. "We have questioned 15 to 16 people, he added.

Reddy said the police have formed 11 teams and 200 officials are working on the case.

The IGP said the victim, who suffered a fracture in her legs and injuries on her hands and neck, was stable and out of danger and added that she was being constantly being counselled by doctors.

Reddy said the police could not interact with the girl directly and it was done through the doctors and medical attendants, and hence the process was delayed. For the same reason, the investigation too was not moving as fast as expected, he added.

The police were waiting for the girl to recover before questioning her directly, he said.

Student was raped at secluded building under construction

Manipal, June 24, 2013: Liqour bottles, burnt condoms, empty cigarette packs and an abandoned house welcome visitors to the remote, isolated area of Eshwarnagar,  where the fourth year MBBS student of Manipal University was gang-raped late Thursday.

The young medico was raped allegedly at a building under construction, for which only the foundation has been built, close to an abandoned house situated at the end of the 11th main on the 8th cross in Eshwarnagar.

The area with hillocks barely has any dwellings except for the two houses at a distance. The stretch of the concrete road ends near the curve opening into almost barren lands. Due to the downpour, the grass cover  there is slippery.

The two houses at a distance from where the crime was committed belong to Rama Shettigar and Narayana Shettigar. Narayana Shettigar’s daughter Vidya told Deccan
Herald it was raining that night and dogs were barking  like never before.

“We, particularly my mother could hear a sort of screaming. However, we were not sure that the voice is of human. All these happened around midnight. Later, we did not pay attention as it was raining. We realised what had happened only on Friday evening, when the police started questioning us.

The abandoned house belongs to a Christian family which is settled abroad. There was an elderly man in the house who died some four years ago, after that there is no one to look after it,” she said.

Kamala Shettigar, wife of Rama Shettigar said that they were not sure what was happening, but only realised about the tragic event on Friday evening. The dogs were barking and we did not dare to venture out.

“Usually, we find some students coming once in a while during day time. However, we were not interested to go out in the midnight. We all go for work early in the morning and, so we did not want to take any risk,” she said and added that the incident has made her fear about the safety of her daughters as the area is very deserted,” she said.

The victim, who was abducted in an autorickshaw between 11.30 pm and 11.40 pm on Thursday from near the university library was taken to Eshwarnagar via Valley View hotel and Marina sports complex.

The university guards failed to notice the speeding autorickshaw. The victim was dropped back near Valley View Cosmo Cafe from where she walked to her flat.