A team was sent to the accused Vadivel's house in Andheri for investigation and procure evidence regarding the case but the locals and the accused's family refused to cooperate with the police.
Police on Saturday arrested family members of an accused for allegedly threatening and blocking the Juhu police who were acting on a rape and murder case of a minor. The accused identified as Vadivel alias Gundappa Chintanbi Devendra had brutally raped and murdered a nine-year-old girl.
According to the police, a team was dispatched to the accused Vadivel's house in Andheri for investigation and procure evidence regarding the case but the locals and the accused's family refused to cooperate with the police. Moreover, the accused's family showed up with iron rods and gave death threats to the police.
The arrested family members were identified as Muskan Vadivel Devendra 20, Chelmuttu alias Abbu Chintanbi Devendra 36, Bano Chelmuttu Devendra 33, Ramai Chintanbi Devendra 55.
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An officer from Juhu Police Station aware of the case said, "We went to conduct a Panchama and house search of the accused who was involved in kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor. We informed the accused's wife Muskan and other family members about the procedure. We also wanted to conduct a search in the accused's house but family members refused to cooperate with us. They blocked the entrance. The accused man's wife and mother Ramai hurled abuses at us as well."
"The accused's brother Chelmuttu and sister Bano went inside their house only to return with iron rods to threatened the police team saying that they would hit any cop who entered the house," the officer added.
The Juhu police then returned to the police station without a Panchnama and a search at the house of the accused and registered and fresh FIR against his family under section 506(2) (Punishment for criminal intimidation),341(Punishment for wrongful restrain), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (Common Intention) of IPC.
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After the rape case of a minor, thousands of people gathered outside the police station on Saturday demanding capital punishment for the accused.
This is not the first time that Vadivel was arrested in a rape case. He had served jail term in a sexual assault case in 2013 and had walked out of jail in 2017 on account of improvement.
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