RAJKOT: The Amreli police on Wednesday filed chargesheet in connection with the rape of a three-year-old girl by a 35-year-old auto driver in Savarkundla town on May 21. The accused Raju Mangrolia was arrested two days after the offence was committed based on the description given by the survivor’s four-year-old brother.
Police filed the chargesheet in Savarkundla POCSO Court within a month of arrest of Mangrolia and has included DNA report that confirmed that the semen of the accused matched with that found in the autorickshaw where the girl was allegedly raped.
According to case details, Mangrolia had abducted the girl on May 21 midnight when she was sleeping with her parents in a slum on bank of Navli river. He had raped the girl in his autorickshaw and later abandoned her near Jhinjhuda village bus stand about 4km from the girls house.
In the chargesheet the police have stated that the FSL report confirmed the blood stains in the auto were that of the rape survivor and semen was that of the accused. The girl had suffered severe injuries on her private parts but is recovering fast. Mangrolia has been charged under IPC sections 363, 366, 376, 377 and POCSO Act.
Amreli superintendent of police Nirlipt Rai told TOI “DNA report is a very strong evidence. The accused was wearing the gamcha (handkerchief) which he used as a sheet while committing the crime. We sent that gamcha to the FSL and on the piece of cloth FSL found blood stains of rape survivor and semen of the accused. With such strong evidence we hope to get conviction soon.”
For getting description of the accused, the police had to talk to survivor’s brother for two hours to make him comfortable. Cops had also offered him chocolates and ice-cream to earn the trust of the boy.
The boy had given minute details like the colour of the accused's shirt, it’s pattern, colour of the trouser and mask that the accused had worn. He also told cops about the autorickshaw of the accused.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
Police filed the chargesheet in Savarkundla POCSO Court within a month of arrest of Mangrolia and has included DNA report that confirmed that the semen of the accused matched with that found in the autorickshaw where the girl was allegedly raped.
According to case details, Mangrolia had abducted the girl on May 21 midnight when she was sleeping with her parents in a slum on bank of Navli river. He had raped the girl in his autorickshaw and later abandoned her near Jhinjhuda village bus stand about 4km from the girls house.
In the chargesheet the police have stated that the FSL report confirmed the blood stains in the auto were that of the rape survivor and semen was that of the accused. The girl had suffered severe injuries on her private parts but is recovering fast. Mangrolia has been charged under IPC sections 363, 366, 376, 377 and POCSO Act.
Amreli superintendent of police Nirlipt Rai told TOI “DNA report is a very strong evidence. The accused was wearing the gamcha (handkerchief) which he used as a sheet while committing the crime. We sent that gamcha to the FSL and on the piece of cloth FSL found blood stains of rape survivor and semen of the accused. With such strong evidence we hope to get conviction soon.”
For getting description of the accused, the police had to talk to survivor’s brother for two hours to make him comfortable. Cops had also offered him chocolates and ice-cream to earn the trust of the boy.
The boy had given minute details like the colour of the accused's shirt, it’s pattern, colour of the trouser and mask that the accused had worn. He also told cops about the autorickshaw of the accused.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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