CURATED BY – UMESH KUHSWAHA | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Satna, Railway Police on Wednesday sent one of the two accused who kidnapped and gangraped a 15-year-old girl from Sidhi from the railway station. Accused auto driver Naveen alias Nitin Gupta, 25 years, son of Prashant Kumar Gupta, is a resident of Itma Veerpur in Nagaud police station area.

He lives in a rented house of Rakesh Bagri near Shivnagar Pateri Talaiya in Satna. The second accused in the case is still absconding. After identifying him, GRP is raiding possible hideouts for his arrest. GRP outpost in-charge Rajesh Raj said that the girl had gone to Mumbai from Sidhi with her aunt about a month ago. From there, five-six days ago, her uncle had put her alone on a train to go to Sidhi. Lauki came to Satna on June 7. She boarded accused Gupta's auto from the railway station to go to the bus stand. The accused took her to Pateri by luring her. Then he took her on a bike to Maihar and while returning raped her near Bhatanwara. On June 8, he left the girl outside the station and fled. From the station, the accused's partner, a thin boy of 20-22 years, took the girl on a bike towards Jaitwara and after raping her, left her at a deserted place at midnight and fled. The victim reached a village at 2 o'clock in the night, after which the villagers informed the Jaitwara police about the matter.

The accused was caught by CCTV footage

The accused Gupta was caught by the GRP on Monday itself. Actually, after getting information about the incident, the GRP started searching the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the station. Accused Gupta was first seen taking the girl in an auto to the circulating area outside the station, then he was captured in the cameras installed in the Circuit House and Civil Line. When he came to drop the girl, he was also captured in the camera. The second accused was also captured on camera taking the girl.