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Woman raped, man killed by gang: Unable to trace phones in drain, cops approach defence ministry

The accused had allegedly raped the 38-year-old woman in front of her 23-year-old boyfriend and later strangled the duo. Local police had initially arrested her husband and a relative in connection with the murders. On April 26, police apprehended the three accused.

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Two months after a woman and her boyfriend were allegedly murdered by three men affiliated to the Rajesh Bawania gang in Kanjhawala, police are yet to recover their mobile phones which the accused had dumped in a drain in the area. The Delhi Police Crime Branch has approached the Union Ministry of Defence, asking it to provide an electronic metal detector to locate the phones.

Sources said police personnel from the southeastern range — who arrested the accused — visited the crime scene to collect evidence.

“They tried to trace the mobile phones of the victims. Divers searched the canal near the drain to look for the phones to no avail. The case was then transferred to another unit of the crime branch,” sources added.

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“Recently, a letter was written to a major-rank officer, posted at the Delhi Cantonment, by the investigating officer in the case. He requested him to provide an electronic metal detector, which police could use to find the phones in the 3-feet deep drain. The device is used by forces to detect underground mines. However, the officer rejected his request. He asked him to come through a proper channel, and to send the letter to another senior officer,” sources said.

The accused — Jasbir Dabas, Devender Kumar and Manjeet along with their two associates — had allegedly raped the 38-year-old woman in front of her 23-year-old boyfriend and later strangled the duo.

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During investigation, local police had initially arrested her husband and a relative in connection with the murders. On April 26, police conducted raids in villages in outer Delhi and apprehended the three accused.

While conducting the postmortem, police had preserved vaginal swabs of the woman as they failed to establish sexual assault. “The investigating officer has sent the vaginal swabs for a forensic test,” sources said.

Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and internal security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported on city-based crime stories along with that he also covered the anti-corruption branch of the Delhi government for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a detailed understanding of stories. He also worked with Mail Today as a senior correspondent for eleven months. He has also worked with The Pioneer for two years where he was exclusively covering crime beat. During his initial days of the career he also worked with The Statesman newspaper in the national capital, where he was entrusted with beats like crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A graduate in Mass Communication, Manral is always in search of stories that impact lives. ... Read More

First uploaded on: 23-06-2017 at 05:28 IST
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