Two of the three men accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl on gunpoint at a Delhi park earlier this week had deleted their mobile phone search histories and other data before being arrested, the police have said.
“We found the two accused deleted all their search history on their phones. We don’t know what they searched for after the crime but they deleted it. They also deleted phone data, including photos and videos.
The accused – Mukesh Singh (24) and Hemant Singh (31), both of whom are brothers – had started preparing for a possible police action and erased their search histories, besides a couple of videos and photos, before they were nabbed on Tuesday. The third accused was identified as Asif (30) and has also been arrested. The revelations came as the police stepped up their probe into the alleged gang-rape of the minor inside the 142-acre Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Temple. The class 7 girl was visiting the park with a 17-year-old male friend on her 17th birthday when the crime took place at around 7.15pm-7.30pm.
Besides, they washed their clothes after committing the crime,” a police officer privy to the probe details said. Police also said Asif had switched off his mobile phone the moment he learnt from local residents that police were searching for him.
“He hardly went to college. The family is also in Palwal and Faridabad but the brothers were living in Delhi.
Police said they will also contact Mukesh’s college authorities in Palwal to check his conduct. Mukesh said he travels from Sri Niwaspuri to Palwal to attend college,” the second officer said. The accused was sent to two days’ jail custody by a court on Wednesday.
