A lawyer, defending two accused in the December 16 gang-rape case, on Thursday sought security from the special court claiming that a Jharkhand-based Naxal group has threatened him. Advocate AP Singh, who represents accused Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma, has also sought a high-level enquiry into the matter.
He has annexed a letter, the contents of which were incoherent, purportedly threatening him and the court among others. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna directed the investigating officer (IO) of the case to look into matter. “let local police also investigate the matter,” the judge said.
Meanwhile, in a significant testimony, Ramadhar Singh, a key prosecution witness, not only identified the accused persons involved in the December 16 gang-rape case, but also bolstered prosecution’s claim by narrating the entire sequence of the incident. Ramadhar, a carpenter, was lured into the bus in the pretext of taking him to his destination. He was robbed, beaten and then thrown out of the moving bus near IIT flyover.
During the trial, Ramadhar told the court that he boarded the bus from Munirka Subzi Mandi in South Delhi, as its helper was calling out its destination as Khanpur.
But, When the bus started moving, one of the occupants shouted that the bus was headed for Nehru Place. Ramadhar pointed at each of the accused persons present in the court and narrated their specific roles. He also said that two persons were not present in the court.
Meanwhile, Dinesh Yadav, the owner of the bus, was also deposed before the court as prosecution witness.