Kanpur: Gulmohar apartment case accused confesses to pushing girl from building after rape

KANPUR: The Police on Wednesday said that the accused in the Gulmohar apartment case wherein, a teenage girl who worked as secretary of a dairy operator Prateek Vaish, died after falling from the 10th floor of the apartment, has confessed to his crime.
In a communique issued by City Police Commissionerate, it was stated, “Prateek Vaish has confessed to his crime, wherein he said that in order to get physical with her, first he tried to lure his PA with money, but when she refused, he forcibly raped her and then pushed her to death from the balcony of his 10th floor flat. Primary cause of death is injuries all over her body,"
The charge sheet in the case would be filed soon, said a police official further. The police have arrested the accused and further investigations are underway.
Retired marketing manager of Parag dairy SK Vaish, his wife Durga Vaish and their son Prateek Vaish live in flat number 1104 of 11th floor of the Gulmohar Apartment in Indira nagar area of Kalyanpur. In the flat number 1006 of the 10th floor, Prateek runs his dairy office. ACP Kalyanpur Dinesh Kumar Shukla said that Prateek had allegedly brought his personal assistant to the flat over the pretext of office related work at around 4:30 pm on Tuesday.
“She however fell down from the balcony of the flat at around 6 pm under mysterious circumstances and succumbed to injuries later,” ACP added. Hearing the screams of the girl, occupants of the apartment, and locals gathered and alerted Kalyanpur police.
During the investigation, marks of struggle were found on the body of the girl, said the police sources. “Her top was also found to be torn,” sources added. The girl’s mother, who rushed to the spot, told investigators that three days ago her daughter had joined as a personal assistant of dairy owner Prateek Vaish.
ADCP West Brijesh Srivastava rushed to the spot and supervised the investigation. The police later dispatched the body to the mortuary. After registering an FIR on the complaint of the family members, the accused was arrested after which he confessed his crime..
Police said that it had also come to fore that a few moments before the incident, the girl had called some of her friends from her mobile phone. “She probably had called her friend for help. Now, investigators are taking out the CDR (call detail record) of the mobile so that the identity of the person to whom she had last spoken could be ascertained,” the police said. When the police inquired about this, the accused said that the girl jumped from the balcony after talking to some youth on phone.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)