Key Takeaways
- Three accused, Kunal Pandey, Abhishek Chauhan alias Anand, and Saksham Patel, were arrested in the IIT-BHU gangrape case.
- The accused are linked to the BJP IT Cell, with Kunal Pandey being the metropolitan coordinator and Saksham Patel being the IT Cell Varanasi metropolitan co-convenor.
- The incident allegedly occurred on the night of November 1, with the accused taking the victim to a secluded place and gagging her after separating her from her friend.
On Sunday, December 31, the Varanasi police arrested three accused in the alleged gangrape case of a female student of the IIT-BHU. The nabbed accused have been identified as Kunal Pandey, Abhishek Chauhan alias Anand, and Saksham Patel.
The incident allegedly occurred on the night of November 1. The complainant had gone out of her hostel with a friend. Three accused on a motorcycle took her away to a secluded place by force. They gagged the victim after separating her from the friend. The victim was then forced at gunpoint to undress. The accused raped the victim, recording the heinous act and taking photographs. They also confiscated her mobile phone.
On the basis of the complaint, an FIR against the accused has been lodged under Section 354 of the IPC, and under the provisions of the IT Act, at the Lanka police station. A Section of gangrape has also been added to the FIR. After the complaint was filed, the police began their investigation and reviewed footages from over 170 CCTV cameras on the BHU-IIT campus.
Reportedly, two of the arrested accused, Kunal Pandey and Saksham Patel, are linked with the BJP IT Cell, with Pandey being the metropolitan coordinator in the BJP IT Cell in Varanasi, and Patel being the IT Cell Varanasi metropolitan co-convenor.
