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Five arrested for Danish woman's gang rape sent to jail

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IANS New Delhi

A court here Thursday sent five men, arrested for robbing and gang raping a 51-year-old Danish tourist, to judicial custody till Feb 6.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhanshu Kaushik remanded five accused in judicial custody after police told court they do not require their custody any more.

Arjun, Raju alias Chhakka, Mohammad Raja, Mahendra alias Ganja, Raju alias Bajji, and a minor has been booked by police for robbing and raping the Danish woman at knife-point near New Delhi Railway Station last week, after she sought directions to her hotel in Paharganj.

Police said all the accused were vagabonds who took the woman to an isolated spot near the Divisional Railway Officers' Club close to New Delhi Railway Station, stole her belongings and then raped her.

 

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First Published: Jan 23 2014 | 5:22 PM IST

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