The three girls who were allegedly eve-teased near Nandankanan recently by a group of 10 youths on Tuesday recognised three accused during a test identification (TI) parade conducted in the presence of a Magistrate at the Jharpada Special Jail here.
The accused, all in mid 20s, were identified by the girls, who were ‘physically harassed’ by the accused near Magnet Square on the Patia-Nandankanan Road on Friday last.
“There were 20-30 persons. But we identified three accused,” said one of the victim girl.
Sources said the girls along with their male companion recognsied the three arrested persons, Madhab Kumar Rout (22) and Mrutyunjay Patra (22) from the Raghunathpur area and Biswaranjan Pradhan (21) hailing from the Maruti Residency under the Nandankanan police limits. The trio had been arrested on January 8.
In a related development, another accused, identified as Saroj Tripathy, was arrested after he surrendered before the police earlier in the day. The police have so far arrested five in connection with the case.
Police said at least five of their accomplices involved in the incident are still at large.
The incident occurred at around 3.10 pm when the girls were returning from the Nandankanan Zoo The youths stalked the girls and passed lewd comments at them. When the girls protested, the youths attacked them.