Delhi gangrape: Victim's MLC indicates possible sexual assault; timeline of investigation (May 12–15, 2026)

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Vikram Singh said a case had been registered under sections 64(1) (rape), 70(1) (gang rape), and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the accused; police officials said both men will be charge-sheeted soon.

Delhi Police formed a three-member special team (an assistant sub-inspector, inspector, and a sub-inspector) to collect all technical, forensic and documentary evidence in a time-bound manner to expedite the charge sheet and fast-track the case in court.

The survivor's statement was recorded before a magistrate in the presence of government counsellors, as part of the standard procedure following the medical examination.

The survivor was brought to the one-stop centre at a government hospital around 5:35 am; the medical examination lasted nearly three hours and involved the collection of 29 samples as part of the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) kit. Hospital officials said the patient was medically stable, with pain and psychological distress, and there was no active bleeding; she was discharged after examination and counselling.

A PCR call was made at 2:46 am after the survivor escaped from the bus near Nangloi railway station; the call was made using the mobile phone of accused Umesh, described as a direct technical link between the survivor and suspects. Call detail records and mobile tower location data are being examined.

CCTV cameras near the bus stand in Saraswati Vihar captured the survivor standing at the bus around 12:15 am on Tuesday and the bus coming to the stand; investigators say the footage could help establish the victim's presence near the bus.

The victim, a resident of Pitampura, allegedly boarded a private bus on the Outer Ring Road in Saraswati Vihar in the early hours of Tuesday. Umesh Kumar and Ramendra Kumar, bus drivers from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested the same day and remanded to judicial custody.