Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has filed a chargesheet against the five accused in the photojournalist gangrape case. This is the first chargesheet in the gangrape of a photojournalist at Shakti Mills. The 600-page chargesheet has been submitted before the magistrate court.
A separate chargesheet has also been filed in a juvenile court as one of the five accused is a juvenile. Sources have told CNN-IBN that police are likely to add Section 120B, criminal conspiracy, to the charges.
Sources also say the police are counting on forensic evidence and DNA reports to boost the case as well as the statement of the survivor and her friend.
Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy said that they will be seeking maximum punishment for the accused. "We have collected very strong evidence against the accused. We will seek maximum punishment against the accused," Roy said.
The police had claimed they have more than sufficient evidence against the five accused - Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav, Mohammed Kasim Hafiz Shaikh alias Kasim Bengali, Siraj Rehman Khan and a minor.
The photojournalist was allegedly gangraped by the five on August 22 evening when she had gone to the Shakti Mills compound with a male colleague on an assignment.
Police had recently received a forensic report confirming that DNA samples found on the victim matched with those of the suspects. Police had also recovered five mobile phones, possessed by the accused at the time of the crime.
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