Dalit teen identifies ‘rapist’ from ID card | India Information – The Occasions of India

MEERUT: A 16-year-old Dalit woman, kidnapped and raped in a shifting automobile in UP’s Moradabad Tuesday night time, recognized the accused, Mohd Rashid, 30, by means of an ID card he had left on the automobile’s dashboard, police mentioned on Saturday. The accused was arrested on Friday night after the survivor narrated the incident to her household, who filed a grievance on the native police station.
Moradabad (rural) SP Kunwar Akash Singh informed TOI, “Rashid is a taxi driver and the automobile used within the crime was borrowed and is in police custody. The survivor noticed an identification card within the automobile, which bore Rashid’s title & deal with. She shared this element along with her household, resulting in his arrest.”
Within the grievance, the woman’s father, a labourer, mentioned that the incident occurred whereas he was at work and his spouse was harvesting sugarcane within the fields. {The teenager} had stepped out to get rid of rubbish when an SUV stopped close to her, and Rashid allegedly dragged her inside and assaulted her. The survivor informed the police that the accused additionally made a video throughout the assault earlier than abandoning her close to a crematorium exterior her village two hours later.
An FIR has been registered below BNS part 64 (rape), 137-2 (kidnapping), and 352 (intentional insult to show breach of peace), together with related provisions of the SC/ST Act and the Pocso Act.
SP Singh mentioned, “As soon as the woman knowledgeable her household in regards to the incident, they acted instantly and approached us. We’re additionally investigating whether or not others had been concerned. The automobile has been seized and Rashid’s cell phone is being examined for extra proof.”