Three persons accused of raping an Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) student have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
The three accused individuals Kunal Pandey, Abhishek Chauhan and Saksham Patel, who are residents of Varanasi, were produced before a Varanasi court on December 31, 2023 which sent them to judicial custody for two weeks.The three individuals who allegedly gang raped a B.Tech student on the IIT-BHU campus were apprehended 60 days after the incident.In November last year, an incident of molestation involving a student from IIT BHU in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh was brought to attention.The victim alleged that three assailants on a motorcycle had forcibly disrobed her, recorded a video, and issued death threats. The incident which happened in November last year had triggered protests among students who called for improved security measures within the campus.Subsequently, the victim lodged a complaint against three unidentified individuals at the Lanka police station. Later, the charge of gang rape was added to the first information report (FIR).
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