The Commissionerate police on Sunday expedited the process of investigation into the rape case of a deaf and dumb girl student of the Radio Repair Work at a Central Government-run Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for the Handicapped (VRCH) in the Pokhariput area here.
Sources said a scientific team and police personnel visited the lodge from where the accused Dhiraj Kumar Srivastav, a Radio and TV Instructor of the centre, was arrested on Saturday night. The police too interrogated the owner and staffs of the lodge.Sources said the police have gathered vital information about Srivastav.
The incident came to light after the 20-year old girl lodged an FIR at the Mahila police station on Saturday evening alleging that Srivastav raped her in his house on August 6. Acting on her complaint, the police arrested Srivastav from a lodge near Baramunda on Saturday night.
According to the victim, Srivastav took her to his house promising her better healthcare as she was suffering from fever and raped her and threatened her of dire consequences if she disclosed the incident. Sources said Srivastav was found in a compromising situation with another student of the centre while the police raided the lodge.