AGRA: Police on Friday arrested one of the suspects in connection with the gangrape of a 19-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted in front of her husband in Etmadpur in UP’s Agra district on the day of Holi.
Yogesh Kumar's arrest comes after the arrest of another suspect — identified as Gauri Shankar — earlier.
During interrogation, Yogesh confessed to the crime.
The suspects had in fact filmed their act on their mobile cameras.
Talking to media persons, senior superintendent of police Muniraj G said that the third accused will be arrested soon.
The accused work as labourers.
“We will increase security in secluded areas,” he said, adding that though the girl and accused belong to the same locality, they were not known to each other.
According to the FIR registered at Etmadpur police station, the girl and her husband were going to her parents' house on their motorcycle on the day of Holi, when three men intercepted them.
They forcibly dragged them to a nearby forest where they gang-raped her and made a video clip of the crime.
Before fleeing, the trio also robbed the couple of Rs 10,000 cash along with their belongings, and the girl’s earrings.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)