Software engineer may have been gangraped

S Ahmed Ali TNN

January 23,2014
Mumbai: The city crime branch, conducting a parallel probe into the murder of software engineer Esther Anuhya (23), whose body was found in mangroves near the Eastern Expressway between Kanjurmarg and Bhandup, suspects it is a case of gangrape.
    The police said they hoped to get clues from her laptop and second cellphone, which has been missing. Sources said, “We have technical details of the laptop and cellphone and will track the accused soon,’’
    The police suspect the involvement of more than two persons. “After studying the sequence of events and the site where her body was found, it looks like more than two persons kidnapped, raped and killed her,’’ an officer said.
    Doctors have prima facie told police that there were injury marks indicating sexual assault. Her gold ring had been left untouched.
    He added that her body was found far away from the Eastern Expressway.
    The police suspect that the crime was committed somewhere and her body had been dragged to the site. They are looking for a few taxi-drivers, missing since January 5, the day she went missing from Lokmanaya Tilak Terminus (LTT), and are doing background checks on over 400 autorickshaw/taxi-drivers. They are also collecting call detail records of cellphone users in and around LTT that day.