The 22-year-old woman did not suffer injuries though the spot where she was allegedly raped is strewn with thorns and glass pieces.
The police team investigating the case involving the rape of the law student from Nepal inside the Jnana Bharathi campus suspects that the complaint filed by the 22-year-old girl is fake. However, the police are waiting for the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report before arriving at a conclusion.
According to the complaint filed with Jnana Bharathi police station, the girl studying at National Law School of India University (NLSIU) was sexually assaulted by a gang of eight miscreants around 9.30 pm on Saturday.
On Monday, a team of around 30 police officials went to the spot where the girl was allegedly raped. It took almost half a day for the team to find the spot at the end of forest area inside the Jnana Bharathi campus. The police officials walked close to five km through the forest before the girl helped them spot the area which is surrounded by a seven-feet high compound wall. There are also two dilapidated buildings and a small Lord Shiva temple near the spot.
The area cited by the girl is strewn with thorns and broken pieces of liquor bottles. According to the police, had she been raped at the spot, she would have suffered injuries due to thorns and glass pieces. Since she did not suffer any injuries, the police suspect that her complaint may be fake.
The girl reportedly told the police that she was raped by the gang at 9.30 pm. But she managed to reach the hostel in the campus by 12.30 am. A police officer who visited the spot told DNA: “We spent almost half a day to reach the spot during daytime. But the girl reached the hostel in two and a half hours in darkness. This also makes us suspect that the complaint may be fake.”
The girl also told the police that the gang helped her climb the wall after raping her and fleeing the scene. According to the police, even if the gang helped her climb the wall, it would have been difficult for her to jump from atop the wall after being raped by a gang of eight miscreants. “Also, she must have suffered injuries while jumping as the area is full of thorns and glass pieces. But she did not suffer any injury,” the police officer said.
When questioned, her boyfriend Nirmal Kumar, who is working with a private firm, reportedly told the police that the gang threatened the two after finding them near their car. Nirmal told police that he got scared and fled the scene. But he did not rush to the police station; he contacted the police only after the girl reached the hostel.
During interrogation, he told the police that the miscreants first demanded money. When Nirmal told them that he had left his wallet in his car, they asked him to fetch it. But they insisted on keeping the girl with them until he returned. Nirmal, leaving his girlfriend alone, ran back to get his wallet. But on returning, he found that the miscreants had vanished with his girlfriend.
After subjecting the girl to a medical examination, the police took the feedback from the doctors who told that there are only a few reasons to make them believe that the girl was raped.
According to police sources, the girl had a rivalry with the gang over some issue and hence she tried to file a fake complaint.
A senior police officer said on the condition of anonymity: “We do not want to come to an conclusion whether the complaint is fake. We will wait for the FSL report and complete the inquiry. We would be able to find the truth then.”
Deputy commissioner of police (west) SN Sidramappa said: “We are investigating the case from all possible angles.”
When the police asked her whether they can call her parents to the city and inform them about the incident, she requested them not to inform her parents. According to the police, one of the girl’s friends was giving statements to the police on behalf of her.
The police are likely to get the FSL report on Tuesday.
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