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Accused in Delhi rape case remanded to police custody

Metropolitan Magistrate Bharat Parashar of the Tis Hazari court also remanded another accused, Amit, to judicial custody till December 7.

The court also directed that Rahul be medically examined before and after the police custody at the Lady Hardinge Hospital.

Two other accused will be produced before a juvenile court.

The Delhi police arrested all four on Friday, a week after the incident.

The fourth year student of Maulana Azad Medical College was raped by the accused at knifepoint on the terrace of the Khooni Darwaza monument on the busy Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.

The rape sparked off widespread protests from students and women's groups.

Rahul is already facing trial in two cases of burglary, in which two of the other accused were his accomplices, the police said.

In its application before court the police argued that Rahul's remand was essential to recover the jeans that he was wearing at the time of the alleged crime for forensic tests.

Defence counsel Ajay Digpaul claimed that Rahul is a minor. But he could not produce any documentary proof, leading the court to remand Rahul.

The court allowed Rahul's counsel to meet the accused for ten minutes on Saturday and again on Sunday for ten minutes, after which Rahul would be produced before the magistrate.

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