First in state: Video conference for identification parade in forced sex case
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Feb 7: The identification parade of the accused in connection to the infamous Deralakatte forced sex incident was conducted through video conference on Thursday February 6. This was the first time in the entire state that video conferencing technology was used for identification parade in a criminal case.
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The case relates to the alleged kidnapping of two students by a group of eight at Deralakatte in December 2013. The group allegedly forced the kidnapped students to have sex and blackmailed them after recording a video of the sexual act. The police had arrested the accused within a day.
The identification parade was held at district jail on Thursday.
District jail officer Ramesh P S said that as per court orders, all arrangements were made at the jail premises to use video conferencing technology to identify, for the first time in the state. The procedures were conducted in the presence of tahsildar, he added.
As the girl victim left the city soon after the incident, an appeal was made in the court to allow video conference to identify the accused. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) made necessary arrangements in New Delhi for the victim to identify her offenders through video.
The process took about two hours. Though eight were arrested in the case, the police produced 64 persons during the video conference.
On January 30, the male student who was allegedly kidnapped personally attended the identification parade in the jail.
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