Techie rape and murder case: accused alleges frame-up

The sessions court here today recorded the statement of the accused in the case related to rape and murder of a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh in the city last year.
"The court today completed recording the statement of the accused under section 313 of Code of Criminal Procedure. The court asked a total of 381 questions to the accused," said defense lawyer Prakash Salsingikar.
Chandrabhan Sanap (28), the accused, told the court he had been falsely implicated in the case and the witnesses were giving false testimonies under the police's pressure.
Under section 313, the accused is given an opportunity to personally explain any circumstances appearing in the evidence against him.

Special judge Vrushali Joshi today also summoned nodal officer of Vodafone after the defense demanded call data records of Sanap's friend from whom he had borrowed the motorbike used in the alleged crime.
"We will also submit a list of defense witnesses tomorrow," advocate Salsingikar said.

Mumbai police's crime branch arrested Sanap in early March last year, two months after the murder of the 23-year-old woman who was working with TCS here.
She went missing from Lokmanya Tilak terminus in suburban Kurla after arriving by train from Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of January 5 last year.
According to police, Sanap spotted her sitting alone at the railway station and offered to drop her at Andheri on his two-wheeler. He took her to an isolated spot and strangled her when she resisted his attempt to rob her. Police later also pressed charge of rape.

Her decomposed body was found off the Eastern Express Highway in suburban Bhandup on January 16.