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DNA test on accused confirms gang rape of Surat girl

Manas Dasgupta

AHMEDABAD: A DNA test on three accused in the Surat gang-rape case has confirmed that the 17-year-old girl was waylaid and raped in a moving car when she was going to tuition class on June 12. The police said the DNA report was “positive.”

All the three accused were arrested within hours of the crime after they made a threatening call to the girl asking her not to inform the police.

Two of the accused were sons of Gujarat policemen, while the third, considered to be the mastermind, runs a mobile phone shop. It was found that selling of rape clippings and MMS is the mainstay of his business. The accused are also said to have captured the rape of the girl on their their mobile phone cameras.

The police believe the gang was also involved in seven other gang-rape incidents.

Following widespread protests, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah promised that the police would request the judiciary to try the case in a special fast track court and ensure “exemplary punishment” to the guilty.

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