Vadodara: Investigation into the rape of a 19-year-old girl has revealed that the accused duo may have planned the crime in advance.
The investigators have got evidence that the accused had been trying to woo the girl, who worked in a business process solutions company, over last couple of months and they took advantage of her circumstances.
“The rape seems to be a planned one.
Nazeem Mirza and Dishant Kahar, who were colleagues of the girl, had been prying on her for the last couple of months.
All the three had become good friends so the accused knew that she stayed alone and wasn’t getting along with her father,” said a senior police official.
The accused are in police custody.
“Both Kahar and Mirza had been trying to woo her and even coaxing her to give into their demands.
During investigations, we came across the chats that the duo had with the girl.
They knew that she was feeling lonely and had psychological issues.
So, they thought of taking advantage of her situation,” the official told TOI.
On Tuesday evening, Nazeem and Dishant went to the girl’s residence when her friend Radhika (name changed) was also present.
After Radhika left, the duo left only to return after a while.
“Nazeem brought liquor with him.
The idea was to get the girl drunk and then commit rape.
The crime wasn’t a spur of the moment decision but a pre-planned one,” the official added.
Dishant forced himself upon the girl who tried to resist but failed as she was in an inebriated condition.
Nazeem too is suspected to have raped her in a drunken state.
When the girl’s boyfriend Shivam (name changed), came to her residence he spotted the accused there along with the girl.
Seeing the girl’s condition, he immediately called her father but Dishant and Nazeem had left by then.
Shivam took the girl to her father’s residence where she committed suicide on Thursday morning.
The girl’s father knew that she was raped but he didn’t file any complaint.
“Had the suicide not happened, the rape incident wouldn’t have come to light too.
It’s very unfortunate,” said Shamsher Singh, Vadodara police commissioner.