3 arrested in Uttarey assault and robbery case

GANGTOK, 19 March: Three persons have been taken into custody by the west district police on charges of robbery and assaulting a woman in an incident which took place on 22 February.
The three persons were arrested on the statement made by the victim, Jiwan Kumari, after she was recently discharged from the Siliguri hospital where she had been recuperating from injuries suffered in the assault. Her statement and identification of the accused led to the arrests on 17 March. The trio placed under arrest are: Dipesh Rai, 24 of Upper Mukrung, Passang Lepcha, 37 and Mahendra Chettri, 21 also of the same area which falls under Uttarey police station.
On the night of 21 February, the trio had banged on the door of the victim on the pretext of purchasing recharge vouchers but had proceeded to assault the lady who was alone at the time and made away with cash as well as gold ornaments. The victim was only found the next day lying in a pool of blood.