Overview

• On June 19, four minor suspects were taken to MHCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur for ossification tests to ascertain their exact ages.
• Police have petitioned the Juvenile Justice Board to prosecute the four minors as adults under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, citing the crime’s severity.
• All ten accused, aged between 17 and 24, were arrested by June 18 for the June 15 gangrape of a 20-year-old college student at Gopalpur sea beach.
• Blood samples from the accused and the victim have been collected for DNA analysis as part of the CID-led investigation.
• After bail pleas by the six adult suspects were rejected by a magistrate, they were sent to jail while the minors remain in correctional homes pending age-verification results.