Hyderabad: Telangana Police on Sunday arrested the fourth accused in reference to the alleged gang-rape of a teenage lady in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills final week.

Three of the 4 arrested accused are juveniles.

Inspector Jubilee Hills S Rajashekhar Reddy stated, “Police arrest fourth accused in the matter. One more accused has been taken into custody, and now a total of four accused have been arrested.” The fifth accused remains to be absconding.

Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has promised that no leniency is being adopted within the Hyderabad gang-rape case whereas additionally clarifying that the state police division works with out stress and doesn’t spare the culprits.

“Action is taken as per the complaint. No leniency is being adopted. Telangana Police works without pressure and doesn’t spare culprits. It (arrest) took some time as there was a minor but our police work strictly,” the Home Minister instructed media individuals yesterday.

This got here after Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay has written to Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao demanding at hand over the Hyderabad gang-rape case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and arrest all of the accused concerned.

A 17-year-old lady was allegedly gang-raped when she was returning house after a celebration within the Jubilee Hills space of Hyderabad on May 28. Following the incident, the minor lady’s father submitted a criticism to the police relating to the incident.

Following the criticism, a case was registered in opposition to 5 accused concerned within the case underneath sections 354 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 9 learn with 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The safety footage which is viral on social media purportedly confirmed the lady standing with the suspected attackers exterior the pub the place she had met them. The boys had supplied to drop her house. Instead, she was assaulted inside a parked automobile within the metropolis. Her attackers took turns raping her whereas the others stood guard exterior the automobile.

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