One more person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a Dalit teenager and DNA samples of all the three accused have been sent for forensic examination, police said.
“While Ankit and Rishab were arrested on June 28, the main accused Shivam has been arrested today,” Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Yadav said.
The DNA samples of all the three accused have been sent for forensic examination and another medical examination of the girl was also conducted to ascertain the fact of the case on directives of Deputy Inspectory General, Bareilly range, RKS Rathore.
According to the complaint filed on June 28, the 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three youths of her neighbourhood in the Civil Lines area on June 23 who took her on a motorcycle to a secluded spot in Nagla Sarki village and raped her and fled the scene leaving her in an unconscious state, police said.
The forensic team, the SP said, could not get any evidence from the spot due to rains as complaint was filed on June 28, while the incident allegedly took place on June 23.
“Due to changing statement of the girl, we are facing difficulty in the probe. We are taking precautions so that innocent is framed in the case,” the SP said.
A condom, piece of match box, cloth, plastic cap and an inch-long piece of wood that were allegedly inserted in her private part, Dr Hakim Singh, who performed the medical examination on the girl, said.
However, the doctor suspected that these items were planted in the girl’s body sometime later.
“Had these items been inserted in the body of the girl on June 23 during rape, it would have caused infection as the girl’s menstrual cycle started from June 22,” he said.
“All those items were dry and there were no stains of blood on them,” the doctor said.
Police is awaiting medical and forensic reports to come to any conclusion.
