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21-year-old gangraped in Chandigarh: Police announce Rs 1-lakh for info on suspects

The police have extracted pictures of the accused from CCTV footage of the Sector-42 petrol pump where they had visited before committing the crime and those pictures will be used on the reward posters which will be pasted across the tricity.

Updated on: Nov 22, 2017, 16:23:31 IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By
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UT police on Tuesday announced Rs 1-lakh reward to anyone providing definitive information on the suspects in the gangrape of 21-year-old Dehradun woman who was later dumped at Sector 53 on November 17.

This came a day after the police department had decided to give incentives to beat constables for providing substantial leads. (Representative image)
This came a day after the police department had decided to give incentives to beat constables for providing substantial leads. (Representative image)

This came a day after the police department had decided to give incentives to beat constables for providing substantial leads.

“We have decided to announce an award of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who provides information on the suspects. The identity of the informer will be kept confidential,” said Nilambari Vijay Jagdale, senior superintendent of police, Chandigarh.

Police to maintain record of auto-rickshaw drivers

Sources said that Chandigarh Police, especially its crime branch, will maintain the record of the auto-rickshaw drivers plying in the city. The police have been noting down the vital details of the such drivers besides checking their documents. “This exercise will help in consolidating the database as there was no such record available so far,” said a senior official of Chandigarh Police.

 
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Shailee Dogra

Shailee Dogra is a Principal Correspondent covering Himachal Pradesh. While working with Hindustan Times since February 2006, her journalism experience spans across covering crime, court, Mohali, Panchkula, in addition to covering the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Reporting for Himachal Bureau, she covers politics, security, public policy, finance, industries and commerce, rural development, legal affairs, environment. Her focus is the socio-political landscape of the hill state, with a specific emphasis on the environment, forest conservation, drug menace, affairs related to tribal areas of the state.

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