Overview
- Police say the 42-year-old woman was separated from relatives near Pandit Shree Ram Sharma metro station around 2:30 am on January 12 and assaulted at a dhaba about 100 meters away.
- Investigators recovered the dhaba’s CCTV DVR that captured the assault and traced a Rs 30 UPI payment made during a liquor purchase shortly before the crime.
- Digital forensics, call detail records, social media checks, and local intelligence were used to identify the suspects.
- Four men, residents of Bahadurgarh originally from Bihar and living in rented accommodation in Chhotu Ramnagar, were arrested within eight hours.
- An FIR is registered, the victim’s medical examination and magistrate statement are complete, the accused are on two-day remand, and a test identification parade is pending as police search for a fifth suspect.