Man seeking to bomb Dec 16 rape accused's house held

01 January,2013 09:42 AM IST |   |  Agencies

One of the three men, who allegedly wanted to plant bombs at the house of the prime accused in Dec 16 gang-rape case, was arrested here Monday, police said.


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"One person has been held. Two crude bombs were recovered from him," said a police official.
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Police received a call around 6 p.m. that three youth were found loitering around the accused's house in Ravidas slum cluster in south Delhi's R.K. Puram area and had threatened to blow it up.u00a0
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Posters are lit by candle light as a tribute to gangrape victim in New Delhi. Photo: AFP

"When the residents asked what they were doing there, they said they have come to blow up the house of Ram Singh," said the official.
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"While one was overpowered by the crowd, two managed to escape," the official said, adding he was being questioned.
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Ram Singh was the driver of the bus on which the 23-year-old woman was brutally tortured and raped. She died in a Singapore hospital Saturday.
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