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One of the two accused in Russian girl rape case arrested
Panaji, Jan 29 (PTI) One of the two accused in the
nine-year-old Russian girl rape case, who had engaged the
victim's mother while the crime was being committed, was
Friday arrested by Goa Police which intensified efforts to nab
the main accused.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ravindra Yadav
told PTI that Anil Raghuvanshi, one of the two men, mentioned
by Russian mother in her complaint, was arrested from Panaji
bus stand Friday morning.
Yadav said the accused in his thirties was picked up from
a bus which had arrived from Bangalore and was taken to Pernem
police station, where the case is registered.
"He was on his way to Bangalore when we spoke to him
yesterday," he said.
Goa Police on Thursday had identified the main accused as
Aman Bharadwaj, from Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly raped the
victim, holidaying in the coastal state of Goa with her mother
on Arambol beach on January 26.
He did so when his accomplice Anil, who is from Madhya
Pradesh's Hoshangabad district, diverted the mother's
attention by striking a conversation with her.
Yadav said that police had spoken to Anil on his cell
Thursday and thereafter his mobile was out of coverage area
or had been switched off.
The accused duo are colleagues in a pharmaceutical firm
at Dhargal industrial estate and were part of a group, that
had gone to Arambol for a picnic on Republic Day.
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said that he was
personally monitoring the investigations. MORE PTI