After the crime, the man bolted taking away with him the student’s mobile phone and wallet.
The traumatised woman got out of the park a while later and ran towards a police picket outside the market around 2.45am. When she finished recounting her ordeal, the policemen searched the area for the man fitting her description of the rapist.
They recovered the wallet near the spot where the woman was allegedly raped. The contents of the purse were untouched, but for a R500 note.
Her phone was not found, though. It was switched off. “Our electronic surveillance shows the phone is somewhere in the Hauz Khas area,” the officer said.
The phone’s location could lead investigators to the suspect whose sketch has been prepared, based on the woman’s description. Police have other “definite leads” as well, DCP (South) Ishwar Singh said.
