Bhubaneswar: Police have seized a toy gun, six mobile phones and other articles from the mother of the accused man, who was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Bhubaneswar, officials said Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda (24), allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman by threatening her with the toy gun while wearing a mask at her rented flat here on the night of September 30.
The accused was arrested after sustaining injury in police firing when the investigating officers attempted to arrest him October 3, said police.
During the investigation, it was revealed that after committing the alleged rape, the accused had left his mother and some belongings at the house of a distant relative in Jagatsinghpur district, said a police officer.
The distant relative, along with the accused person’s mother, appeared before Nayapalli police Monday and produced articles kept by the accused in his bag, he said.
Apart from the toy gun, the police have seized a T-shirt, a towel, and six mobile phones, he said, adding that further investigation is going on.
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