- In Noida skyscraper Defendant Sumit Singh was previously jailed for illegally selling alcohol. Special arrangement
- The accused committed the crime when he saw the victim alone early Friday morning. He grabbed a police officer’s gun and opened fire while trying to escape.
A 25-year-old delivery boy has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in a high-rise building in Noida, where he had gone to deliver groceries at the victim’s request through a mobile app, police said.
The events occurred on Friday morning. According to the police, the accused, Sumit Singh, a resident of Badalpur in Gautam Budh Nagar, was working at Plinkett Grocery aggregator. He broke into the 19-year-old’s apartment after finding her alone and raped her. “Then he fled from there on a bike,” an officer said.
After the victim reported it, several police teams were formed to arrest the suspect. He was finally arrested in Khairpur.
Immediately after his arrest, the suspect grabbed a police officer’s gun and opened fire while trying to escape. The other officials present there retaliated in self-defense and Sumit Singh sustained injuries to his leg, the officer said, adding that the pistol was recovered from him and he was taken to go to a local hospital for treatment. According to the police, the accused was jailed for selling illegal liquor and his brother Manoj is also a history columnist.
- The screams were still inaudible
- When he left the apartment, the woman ran to the balcony and raised the alarm, but no one heard his screams, so he fled the community. “Since the accident occurred early in the morning, most people were probably asleep,” the official said. “From the details of his call, it appears that he was hiding in a dark corner of the society for at least an hour and then escaped on a bicycle from Gate No. 3 of the society,” the officer said after scanning the CCTV footage.
He said that the woman was temporarily staying in an apartment owned by her brother-in-law. He had asked her to take care of his apartment and his livestock since his return to his hometown.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Plinkett grocery complex said they are fully cooperating with police.
The spokesman added: “We cannot comment further as the investigation is ongoing.”
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Source: www.thehindu.com
