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- A 16-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered by a group of four teenagers in Delhi, and her body was discovered in a field in Swaroop Nagar.
- Due to the body's advanced decomposition and damage from animals, police initially misidentified the victim as a man.
- Investigators eventually identified the victim through a distinctive three-star tattoo on her arm that matched photographs provided by her family.
- Four individuals have since been apprehended in connection with the crime.
What to watch next
- Completion of the ossification test to officially confirm the victim's age.
- Legal proceedings against the 19-year-old suspect and the three minors apprehended.
- Further developments regarding the investigation into the involvement of the four suspects.
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Delhi Police
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“An assistant sub-inspector found a tattoo with three stars in a row on the left arm. That was the first turning point in the case as it made us consider the possibility that the body could be of a woman too”
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…rape. How a tattoo became a turning point During the initial probe, cops mistook the body to be of a man's. It was only after an officer decided to take a closer look at the mortuary that a clearer picture emerged. " An assistant sub-inspector found a tattoo with three stars in a row on the left arm. That was the first turning point in the case as it made us consider the possibility that the body could be of a woman too ,” the officer said. Later, police visited the girl's family in Tri Nagar, which is when her brother-in-law showed some of her pictures, one of them with a tattoo. “We asked if they had any photographs of the girl. The…
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