New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday arrested three men accused of attacking two young Army officers and raping their female friend near Indore district’s Mhow. All the six accused are now in custody.
In the preliminary interrogation, two of the accused confessed to the crime of raping a woman on September 11. A departmental inquiry has also been ordered against the two young Army officers who were assaulted in the incident, an officer told news agency PTI. The previous criminal records of all the accused are being probed to ascertain their involvement in similar incidents in the past, DIG Nimish Agarwal was quoted as saying.
“It’s an isolated stretch and many people may have encountered similar incidents and not reported them. The accused persons are being questioned on these lines,” the officer added.
Notably, the six accused assaulted the two young Army officers and raped one of their two women friends at a tourist destination located 30 km from Mhow military cantonment in the early hours of September 11, claimed the police.