Delhi Police has claimed to arrest all accused in the Gang Rape of a 23 Year Old Girl on Sunday Night. The Sixth one was nabbed from Aurangabad in Bihar.
Akshay Thakur was arrested by a special team of Delhi Police after several raids were conducted at different locations in Bihar.
“Since Tuesday, a special team of Delhi Police was conducting raids in Bihar. The last absconding accused Akshay Thakur was arrested from Bihar’s Aurangabad Friday evening,” said a police officer.
According to the officer, the accused is being brought to Delhi.
Four other accused were arrested Monday and Tuesday while the fifth accused, who is claiming to be a juvenile, was apprehended Thursday night.
The fifth accused, who claims to be 17 years old, was detained in a late night raid Thursday from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun by a special team of Delhi Police.
Since he claims to be a minor, police refused to divulge his details.
“He will be taken to a juvenile justice home after confirmation that he is a minor,” said the officer.
Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said it is yet to be confirmed whether he is a minor.
Police have collected some certificates and documents from the accused’s hometown at Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh to check his date of birth.
“No document through which it can be proved that he is a juvenile has been detected yet,” a senior Delhi Police officer told IANS.
“We are, however, verifying his age,” the officer said.
Delhi Police have also conducted his medical examination in a hospital after his arrest.
“We were planning to produce him before the juvenile justice board but later changed the plan, as a doubt evolved about his age. He might be a major,” said a officer who is part of the investigation team.
The accused will be produced in the appropriate court after the confirmation of his age, he said.
The apprehended youth was one among the accused who allegedly raped the girl in the moving bus.
During interrogation, the main accused Ram Singh had told the police that of the six, three men raped the girl while others were involved in beating her and her friend in the bus.
“The apprehended accused is one among those who raped the girl,” said a police officer.
Police had traced the fifth accused on the basis of his physical appearance, which was revealed by four of the accused, who were arrested in the rape case earlier.
The savage rape and torture occurred Sunday night when the woman and her male friend boarded a private bus, used for ferrying school children, in south Delhi after watching a movie.
The woman is battling for life at Safdarjung Hospital here. Both were dumped by the roadside after 40 minutes.