Twist in Pune rape case: No forced entry, no use of spray, selfie with consent, says top cop; friend detained based on phone location | Pune News

Pune: City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Friday mentioned investigation into the alleged rape of a 22-year-old knowledge scientist by a “delivery agent” in a Kondhwa flat on Wednesday revealed that there was “no forced entry into the woman’s flat, no chemical was sprayed to render her unconscious and the selfie on her cellphone was taken with her consent before she herself cropped the image”. Kumar advised TOI, “We have detained her 27-year-old friend, an IT professional with a software company in Baner, after evidence like his cellphone location showed that he was around the flat at the time of the alleged incident. His questioning is going on. We will also come to a conclusion on if it was a case of consensual or non-consensual physical relationship at the end of our investigation. For now, we have no comment to offer as far as the medical evidence in the case is concerned.“He mentioned: “On Wednesday evening, she called her friend to her 11th floor rented flat claiming that she was feeling low and disturbed and he visited her. While leaving the flat, the woman, in a bid to hide his exit, told her friend that instead of using the elevator that had CCTV cameras, he should take the staircase of the building.” Asked then what might have prompted the girl to make the rape allegation towards an “unidentified delivery agent”, Kumar mentioned: “It is too early to comment on this point. Our investigation is yet to be completed.”Another police officer, aware about the investigation particulars, advised TOI: “We are yet to receive the woman’s medical examination reports that will throw light on the sexual assault angle.”On Thursday, the Kondhwa police had registered a case of rape, vouyerism and prison intimidation based on the girl’s criticism stating that an unknown “delivery agent” stepped into her home on the pretext of delivering a parcel and getting a supply sheet acknowledged, sprayed some chemical on her face to render her unconscious and later sexually assaulted her. The lady, who has a BE diploma in knowledge science and works with an IT agency in Kalyaninagar, had additionally advised the police that the person used her phone to take a selfie after which cropped his picture and keyed in a message on her phone threatening her towards disclosing the incident to anybody or else he would flow into her photograph on social media.Investigations to this point revealed that the girl and her friend have recognized one another for a 12 months, and she or he can also be acquainted with his members of the family, Kumar mentioned.As half of the investigation, the police examined near 500 cellphone name knowledge information (CDRs) that have been lively in the realm across the society the place the girl lives. The police chief mentioned: “Her friend’s contact number was spotted during this scrutiny,” the police chief mentioned. “Investigators also realised that her friend’s cellphone location, at the time of the incident, was shown to be around her flat and they started tracking his cellphone tower movement from the time he left the spot, up to Baner. Based on further investigation, our team picked up her friend for questioning late Friday afternoon.” Kumar mentioned the girl’s friend advised the police that she contacted him stating that she was feeling a bit disturbed and requested him to return to her home. The man then visited her home to spend time with her, and so they additionally clicked a selfie throughout this time, the CP mentioned. “It was only after he left her home that the woman cropped the selfie image, keyed in the threat message on her phone and called her relative claiming sexual assault,” he mentioned.Pune: City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Friday mentioned investigation into the alleged rape of a 22-year-old knowledge scientist by a “delivery agent” in a Kondhwa flat on Wednesday revealed that there was “no forced entry into the woman’s flat, no chemical was sprayed to render her unconscious and the selfie on her cellphone was taken with her consent before she herself cropped the image”. Kumar advised TOI, “We have detained her 27-year-old friend, an IT professional with a software company in Baner, after evidence like his cellphone location showed that he was around the flat at the time of the alleged incident. His questioning is going on. We will also come to a conclusion on if it was a case of consensual or non-consensual physical relationship at the end of our investigation. For now, we have no comment to offer as far as the medical evidence in the case is concerned.“He mentioned: “On Wednesday evening, she called her friend to her 11th floor rented flat claiming that she was feeling low and disturbed and he visited her. While leaving the flat, the woman, in a bid to hide his exit, told her friend that instead of using the elevator that had CCTV cameras, he should take the staircase of the building.” Asked then what might have prompted the girl to make the rape allegation towards an “unidentified delivery agent”, Kumar mentioned: “It is too early to comment on this point. Our investigation is yet to be completed.”Another police officer, aware about the investigation particulars, advised TOI: “We are yet to receive the woman’s medical examination reports that will throw light on the sexual assault angle.”On Thursday, the Kondhwa police had registered a case of rape, vouyerism and prison intimidation based on the girl’s criticism stating that an unknown “delivery agent” stepped into her home on the pretext of delivering a parcel and getting a supply sheet acknowledged, sprayed some chemical on her face to render her unconscious and later sexually assaulted her. The lady, who has a BE diploma in knowledge science and works with an IT agency in Kalyaninagar, had additionally advised the police that the person used her phone to take a selfie after which cropped his picture and keyed in a message on her phone threatening her towards disclosing the incident to anybody or else he would flow into her photograph on social media.Investigations to this point revealed that the girl and her friend have recognized one another for a 12 months, and she or he can also be acquainted with his members of the family, Kumar mentioned.As half of the investigation, the police examined near 500 cellphone name knowledge information (CDRs) that have been lively in the realm across the society the place the girl lives. The police chief mentioned: “Her friend’s contact number was spotted during this scrutiny,” the police chief mentioned. “Investigators also realised that her friend’s cellphone location, at the time of the incident, was shown to be around her flat and they started tracking his cellphone tower movement from the time he left the spot, up to Baner. Based on further investigation, our team picked up her friend for questioning late Friday afternoon.” Kumar mentioned the girl’s friend advised the police that she contacted him stating that she was feeling a bit disturbed and requested him to return to her home. The man then visited her home to spend time with her, and so they additionally clicked a selfie throughout this time, the CP mentioned. “It was only after he left her home that the woman cropped the selfie image, keyed in the threat message on her phone and called her relative claiming sexual assault,” he mentioned.