Chandigarh, December 17: A youth, who was accused of raping a girl, jumped from a hotel in the Industrial Area when the police went there to arrest him yesterday. The suspect later turned out to be a gangster. He was staying at the hotel on a fake identity.
The suspect was staying in the hotel after furnishing fake documents, mentioning his name as Aman, a resident of UP, while his real name is Harjot Singh Cheema, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab.
A girl, who works with a private firm, had called up the police during the wee hours of December 16, alleging that she had been raped at Hotel Lemon Tree in the Industrial Area, Phase I. The victim, in her statement, alleged that the suspect, whom she had met recently, became friends with her and invited her to a party on the night of December 15.
The police said the victim had stated that the suspect picked her up from Tribune Chowk and took her to Hotel Lemon Tree in the Industrial Area, Phase I, on the pretext of booking a room there.
The victim alleged that the suspect took her to the room and raped her after locking the room.
The police said later when the suspect slept, the victim left the hotel and called up the police.
A police party, along with the victim, went to the hotel to arrest the suspect during the wee hours of December 16. As the police knocked at the door, the suspect jumped from the first floor of the hotel.
He got injured after which he was taken to the GMCH, Sector 32, for treatment.
Sources said he suffered fractures on both his legs and injuries on his spine.
A case has been registered against him under Sections 376 (rape) and 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) of the IPC at the Industrial Area police station. The suspect is admitted to the hospital.
Police verifying his antecedents
The real name of the suspect is Harjot Singh Cheema, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district of Punjab. Police sources said Harjot’s antecedents were being verified. Harjot is also known as Harry Cheema. Sources said the Punjab Police informed the UT police that the suspect held in the rape case was Harjot and not Aman.
