Delhi gang-rape: Chargesheet in a week, 3 juveniles to face adult trial, say cops
An application in the concerned Delhi court will also be moved, requesting that the three alleged juvenile accused be tried as adult
A gang-rape and murder case involving a 16-year-old girl, whose mutilated body was discovered in an open field in Delhi's Swaroop Nagar, will see a charge-sheet filed within a week, according to two police officers. The officers also revealed that the three juvenile accused, along with their 19-year-old friend, will face adult trial for the heinous crime.
The 19-year-old had already been arrested and sent to judicial custody on Friday, while the three minors were apprehended and sent to a correction home for boys. Although the minors' exact ages were established through documents, a bone ossification test is being considered to determine their ages more accurately. The four allegedly gang-raped the girl, stabbed her multiple times, and dumped her body in the open field near Kushak Road two days before it was discovered.
The victim's body had signs of decomposition, missing right hand, and disfigured face and abdomen, making her identification possible through a tattoo on her left arm. The police are investigating the possibility of the murder being pre-planned, as the 19-year-old and one juvenile were found carrying knives.
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