While the rest of the world was busy celebrating the New Year’s Eve with their family and friends, some of Delhi Police’s best cops went undercover to crack a rape case. Several men of the Delhi Police who were chosen from the northwest district, according to an Indian Express report skipped the New Year’s Eve celebration to nab men accused of raping a domestic help and assaulting her friend on December 16 last year. The cops draped in shawls at Haiderpur slums mingled with local criminals to find the men accused of the gangrape. They huddled around makeshift bonfires and consumed alcohol to be a part of the groups at the slums to take out the maximum information that they could.
The Delhi cops skilfully steered their conversation from local stabbings and snatchings to the gangrape, which took place at Sheesh Mahal park to yielded a name after which they arrested the man from the slums. Aslam Khan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) while talking about the case said, “The accused was identified as Arun Yadav, who sells pesticides for a living. He gave up the names of the other accused — Shiv Prasad, an auto driver, and Kamlesh, a school dropout.” He added that Kamlesh was arrested from Varanasi while Prasad had fled to Jaunpur, but returned to Delhi, from where the arrest was made.
The mobile phone that belonged to the domestic help was recovered by the Delhi cops from the accused. Police also claimed that another important piece of evidence, which ties them to the crime, has been recovered. A police officer was quoted saying, “We are still verifying the statements of the accused.” He added that Prasad had been arrested in the past as well — for allegedly raping a minor from Haiderpur slums in 2013, but was released on bail last year.
It was on December 16, when the 16-year-old domestic help who was accompanied by her male friend were assaulted by the three accused at the Sheesh Mahal park. The domestic help and her friend were spotted by the three accused were taking a stroll in an inebriated condition. The three allegedly assaulted the man and raped the girl. As the three allegedly raped the girl, her friend ran to the police station and convinced two policemen to accompany him to the park. But the girl and the group had left by then. Her friend then decided to return home and spotted the girl near his house. The girl’s mother registered a case the following night.