Danish woman rape case: Judicial custody of five accused extended

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 06 2014 | 6:35 PM IST

A court here Thursday extended till Feb 20 the judicial custody of five men, arrested for robbing and gang raping a 51-year-old Danish tourist.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhanshu Kaushik extended the judicial custody of the five - Arjun, Raju alias Chhakka, Mohammad Raja, Mahendra alias Ganja, Raju alias Bajji - booked for robbing and raping the Danish woman at knife-point near New Delhi Railway Station last month, after she sought directions to her hotel in Paharganj.

A minor was also involved in the crime.

Police had said all the accused were vagabonds who took the woman to an isolated spot near the Divisional Railway Officers' Club close to the railway station, took away her belongings and then raped her.

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First Published: Feb 06 2014 | 6:30 PM IST

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