The mobile phones of the accused — an AISA activist — and the victim in the JNU rape case have been seized by police for forensic test.
The victim, PhD scholar, and the accused had first started interacting on Facebook and were also in touch over phone, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
Accused Anmol Ratan, who on Wednesday night surrendered at the Vasant Kunj (North) Police station, was questioned for several hours, during which he maintained that the victim is his friend, but denied the allegations against him, the officer said.
The accused was on Thursday remanded in 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court. The victim's statement was recorded by a magistrate on Wednesday. The incident has been condemned by teachers and students.