Dec. 16 accused: I was not in city
One of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case on Thursday claimed before the fast-track court here that he was not present in the city on the night of the incident as he had left for his village on December 15, 2012.
While recording his statement before additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna, accused Akshay Thakur denied his involvement in the crime. Another accused Mukesh Singh said that he, along with other five co-accused, had not beaten or robbed the carpenter that night.
Ramadhar, a carpenter, was lured into the bus and robbed by the six accused who later gangraped a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here.
Appearing as a prosecution witness, Ramadhar had earlier identified the four accused present in the court as those who had robbed and assaulted him on the December 16 night.
However, accused Mukesh said that Ramadhar had boarded the bus on his own and was asked to get down when he refused to pay the fare.
“It is correct that Ramadhar had boarded the bus on his own on December 16, 2012 evening from Sabzi Mandi at Sector-4, R.K. Puram in south Delhi and he deboarded at IIT flyover. Accused Akshay asked to stop the bus as Ramadhar was not paying the fare,” Mukesh said, adding that the alleged robbery, assault victim was not thrown out of the bus.
However, Akshay Thakur said he was not present in the bus in which the girl was allegedly gangraped by the six accused, including him.
When told that he, along with co-accused, had dumped the girl on the road after committing the crime, Akshay said “as I was not present there, then how could I do it”?
Mukesh also said he is not aware why the carpenter has deposed against him. He further told the judge that he was only driving the bus and was drunk on the night of the incident. Later, he pleaded to the judge that he should be let off in the case as he is innocent.
During his deposition in the court, accused Mukesh also claimed that the police had not arrested him from Rajasthan and he was instead picked up from his house in Delhi.
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