Delhi Police files 450-page chargesheet against 3 in Delhi teen park gang-rape case

Delhi Police has filed a 450-page chargesheet against three men accused of posing as police personnel and allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl at knifepoint in a south Delhi park in September, news agency Press Trust of India reported.The chargesheet, filed before a court on Friday, names Mohammad Asif, Hemant Singh and Mukesh Singh as accused. It includes statements from 57 witnesses and cites CCTV footage, call detail records, forensic evidence and the girl's statement.According to the chargesheet, the incident took place on the evening of September 21, when the girl was at Aastha Kunj Park with her 17-year-old male friend to celebrate her birthday.The accused approached the teenagers around 7 pm, introduced themselves as police personnel and questioned them about their presence in the park. They then assaulted the boy and snatched the teenagers' mobile phones. When the girl asked them to contact her mother, the accused threatened her with a pistol before taking the boy to a secluded part of the park.In her statement cited in the chargesheet, the girl said that the accused threatened her with knives and raped her one after another. She later identified them during the investigation and recalled their nicknames, which she had heard during the incident.Police cited CCTV footage from the park and nearby areas that showed the accused moving around the premises on several occasions, including on the day of the crime, PTI reported.The chargesheet also refers to call detail records that showed the accused were present in the park around the time of the incident. Investigators said that Asif called the other two men during the crime.Police also seized clothes worn by the accused, weapons, the motorcycle used to escape and other evidence from the crime scene.The chargesheet includes findings from the forensic science laboratory, including the analysis of biological samples and deleted data recovered from mobile phones.Asif was arrested on September 22 after a brief exchange of fire near the district magistrate's office in Amar Colony. The other two accused, who are brothers, were arrested from their home in Srinivaspuri in south Delhi.The three men have been charged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including those related to gang rape, criminal conspiracy, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation. They have also been charged under Sections 6 and 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The chargesheet sets out the alleged sequence of events and relies on witness statements, the girl's identification of the accused, CCTV footage, call records and forensic findings to support the case against the three men.- Ends