Chandigarh, February 25
The rape of a 40-year-old woman by security guards of Haryana Raj Bhawan in the wee hours of February 21 has brought the security of the Haryana Governor under cloud.
The accused had consumed a bottle of liquor before the incident and one of them, Dinesh Kumar, a constable with the Haryana Armed Police, was to join duty at 2 am that day.
ASP Madur Verma said investigations into the case had almost been completed and the statements of the accused, the victim and the witnesses recorded. Now, only reports of samples collected from the accused for DNA profile and vaginal swabs of the victim were awaited after which a charge sheet would be filed.
Sources in the police said the investigating officials were taking legal opinion on the matter, particularly the role of Vijender Singh, a commando of the Haryana Police, who escorted the victim to her residence in Mohali after the incident.
The sources said no patrol vehicle was parked at Hira Singh Chowk near Raj Bhavan considering that it was a high-security zone manned by commandos. The vehicle was deployed only at 5 am when morning walkers arrive at the lake.
The mobile call details of the accused, the victim and her employer, Mahavir, showed that they did not know one another.
Seetu, alias Ravi of Rohtak, who was arrested yesterday, narrated the sequence of events which corroborated with the statements of the accused and the victim. On the role of Vijender Singh, Seetu told the police that he did not have intercourse with the woman. But he kept guard outside the room when they committed the crime.
After the crime, Seetu boarded a bus for Rohtak. On the way, he threw his mobile into a canal, fearing arrest. On reaching home, he found a vehicle of the Chandigarh Police parked outside and escaped. Thereafter, he purchased another mobile phone and a sim card but made only a few calls, fearing that someone may give him away to the police.
The police was tipped off by its informer on Sunday that Seetu was on his way to Chandigarh.The informer gave the bus number to the police following which a team was deployed at the Sector 17 ISBT, from where he was nabbed.
The sources said no patrol vehicle was parked at Hira Singh Chowk near Raj Bhavan considering that it was a high-security zone manned by commandos. The vehicle is deployed only at 5 am when morning walkers arrive at the lake.
Seetu was today produced before a local court which remanded him to judicial custody.