Gang rape accused found hanging in Agra district jail

AGRA: A 25-year-old undertrial accused of gang rape was found hanging with a stole around his neck tied to the locked gate of a two-storeyed barrack complex in

Agra

district jail on Monday evening by a warder during routine checking.


While jail authorities suspect that undertrial, Yogesh Kumar, hanged himself, his family alleged that he was murdered. They claimed there were injury marks on his body when they received it.

PD Salonia, Agra district jail superintendent, said, “The reason behind the undertrial committing suicide is yet to be ascertained. After the discovery of the body, a forensic team was called to collect evidence. Deputy inspector general has conducted a spot inspection and is investigating the entire matter.”

According to police, Yogesh and two other men, Gauri Rajput and Monu Kumar, were arrested and sent to jail on April 2. The trio had allegedly waylaid a couple on a bike on Etmadpur highway. The three allegedly assaulted the couple and robbed them of their valuables. They then dragged the woman into a forest area near Jharna nullah and gang-raped her in front of her husband. They also shot a video of the entire incident. On April 1, Gauri Rajput and Monu Kumar were arrested.

During interrogation, they named Yogesh, a resident of Paliwal Gali under Itamd-ud-daulah, as their third accomplice. He was arrested on April 2.

“Police claimed that a stick used for assaulting the couple and the stolen money was recovered from Yogesh’s house,” said Jitendra Kumar, cousin of the deceased. “When we received his body, it had several injury marks. Some teeth were damaged. Earlier, Yogesh had complained of being beaten up inside the jail. It is a clear case of murder. My brother was not proven guilty. He was innocent,” he claimed.