KALYAN: Twenty-two out of the 33 arrested accused were remanded to judicial custody by the Kalyan sessions court in the Dombivli minor’s gang rape case on Monday.
In her complaint to the police, the 15-year-old survivor said she was raped times by people at various locations between January 29 and September 22. When an accused first raped her in January, he had made a video recording of the act. He used it to blackmail her into meeting his friends who raped her too.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the case, produced the accused in court on Monday, demanding an extension of their custody for two more days, stating that they needed to take the accused to the crime scenes for further investigations.
Lawyers representing the accused opposed the demand, claiming the SIT was dragging its feet on the probe. The judge denied SIT’s demand for further police custody and remanded the accused to judicial custody.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
