<< Back to Elections 2024

Delhi child rape case: Second accused held from Bihar

Updated on: 22 April,2013 08:15 AM IST |
Agencies |

The second accused in the five-year-old girl's rape case in Delhi has been arrested from Bihar, police said Monday

u00a0

Pradeep is a native of Darbhanga district. He was arrested from Badhaiya area of the state's Lakhi Sarai district, confirmed Bihar DGP Abhyanand Monday morning.u00a0

u00a0

While Manoj Kumar, the prime accused was held from the state's Mujaffarpur district Saturday, as he was hiding in his in-laws' house, Pradeep was hiding at his maternal uncle's house from where the police arrested him.

u00a0

Protesters shout anti-government and anti-police slogans during a demonstration against the rape of a five-year-old girl, outside a hospital where the toddler was first admitted. Pic/AFP

The police will produce him in the local court for transit-remand, the official added.u00a0

u00a0

Manoj Kumar was sent to judicial custody Sunday till May 4 following his two-day interrogation by Delhi police. He had revealed about Pradeep's presence in the brutality with the girl child at their house in Delhi.u00a0

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels