Additional Commissioner of Police A R Anuradha on Monday stated the police have arrested the prime suspect in the sensational rape case of an 18-year-old Intermediate student near the Narayanaguda Baptist Church of Narayanaguda on Sunday afternoon.

Talking to media persons at Abids police station, the Additional Commissioner of Police stated that the prime accused has been identified as Venkaiah, working as a car driver at the Commercial Tax Office in the city. Anuradha stated that the prime accused had admitted to the police that he had committed the crime in the cellar of Commercial Tax Office on Sunday. She denied reports which appeared in a section of the media that the girl was gang-raped.

Published Date : Tuesday, 19/4/2011 1:48 PM IST