After 48 hours of the complaint, the crime branch has arrested five accused of gang rape of a 16-year-old in Vadodara’s Bhayli on October 4.

The Vadodara Crime Branch today apprehended Munna Abbas, Aftab Subedar, and Shahrukh Vanzara for this case, who were taken to Sayaji Hospital for a medical examination.

A massive manhunt involving over 200 police officers was launched, in which the authorities analysed more than 1,100 CCTV footage spanning 45 kilometres to identify and arrest the five suspected of committing this heinous crime.

As part of their investigation, the police teams and Vadodara crime branch conducted comprehensive searches of over 1,000 houses within a three-kilometre radius of the incident site.

Following their medical examination, the accused are now being thoroughly interrogated to extract further details into this case.

A 16-year-old girl who was out with her friend at a deserted place near Bhayli was raped by a group of three men on the second day of Navratri.

The accused also took away the minor’s phone which was operating till 1.20 am on the night of the crime.

After the parents were worried about her absence till late in the night, they called in her cell phone which was received for 5 seconds and then switched off.

However, the mobile is still not found but as per the investigation, it was last traced near Atladara.

Ahmedabad crime branch had also joined Vadodara police to investigate the matter. As part of their investigation, the police listed 50-60 individuals who could have done the crime.

They also took the help of people familiar with the area around 4-5 km of Bhayli, and questioned them.

Before the incident, two people had arrived at the scene and told the accused to ‘leave’. The police was also on lookout for them.

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