New Delhi: An official of a mobile
service provider on Saturday told a Delhi court that the telephone
number of the victim of the sensational Dhaula Kuan gangrape
did not belong to her.
"The mobile number in question belonged to one D
Rajagopalan, a resident of Safdarjung Development Area and did
not belong to the girl," R K Singh, nodal officer of Airtel,
told Additional Sessions Judge N K Gupta.
Police, in his chargesheet, had said the mobile number
was that of the victim and the accused was carrying her number
on a piece of paper in his pocket.
Singh, deposing as second defence witness, also
produced the records of the company, to claim the mobile
number did not belong to the victim.
Manoj Sharma, advocate for accused Ajeet Katiyar, also
examined a constable as a witness to highlight the discrepancy
in the police records regarding the time of arrest.
According to records, the accused, after his arrest,
was in Delhi Cantt police station at around 3:45 am on May 13,
2005, Sharma said.
However, the accused, according to the chargesheet,
was shown arrested at around 3:45 am on the same day at
Ghazipur in far off east Delhi, he said.
Katiyar and co-accused Danda, Jat and Tappe had
abducted the girl from a north-eastern state at around 2.15 am
on May 8, 2005, from Dhaula Kuan when she was walking back
home after buying food from a roadside eatery and raped
her in a moving car, the prosecution alleged.
The police, however, could not arrest the other
accomplices in the case.
Katiyar, a driver with a private firm, was arrested
five days after the incident and was later identified by the
victim in the test identification parade.
Earlier, various policemen, who were involved with the
probe into the case, have given contradictory statements
regarding the date and place of arrest of the accused.
Sub Inspector Charan Singh, deposing as a witness, had
first said the accused was arrested on May 14, 2005 but later
said he was nabbed a day before.
Singh, also a member of the probe team, said the
accused was arrested from Anand Vihar. However, some witnesses
had earlier claimed he was nabbed from Ghazipur also in east
Delhi.
Bureau Report
