2007 08: Shocking: Rape, robbery, abduction, extortion

The Star Online. News. Nation. Wednesday August 1, 2007

SHAH ALAM: Two electricians claimed trial at two Sessions Courts here on Wednesday to multiple charges involving rape, outraging the modesty of a child, robbery, abduction and extortion.

Two girls, aged 17 and 12, and a 46-year-old man were the alleged victims of the crimes that purportedly took place on Feb 17, 2006.

R. Shasidaran, 23, and S. Kalidas, 19, were charged with raping the elder girl in a Perodua Kancil at Bukit Pencawang Letrik, Batu 11, Kampung Desa Aman in Sungai Buloh at between 5.40am and 6.40am on that day.

Each of the accused appeared in separate courts for the charge.

In one of the courts, Shasidaran was also accused of using criminal force against the younger girl, with intent to outrage her modesty in the same car and at the same place and time.

Shasidaran pleaded not guilty and appealed for a bail before Judge Datin Zabariah Mohd Yusof.

In the other court, Shasidaran and Kalidas were charged with robbing the 46-year-old man with a parang and taking away from him RM140 and a wallet at the Rahman Putra industrial area in Sungai Buloh at between 5.30am and 7am on Feb 17, 2006.

The two were also charged with abducting the girls at the same place on that day.

Shasidaran and Kalidas are also accused of extorting RM1,000 from the father of one of the girls at Jalan Sebelah Kolam Pancing Ikan in Kampung Desa Aman, on the same day.

All the charges would be jointly mentioned on Aug 16.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Hana Hadinah S. Mohd Ghazali said bail should not be allowed to the two accused because of the many crimes and serious crimes they were involved in.

She said the two girls were travelling to school in the car with their 46-year-old guardian man, when the two accused stopped the car.

“They forced open the car, robbed, and drove away with the two girls.

“They also extort one of the girls’ father on the same day,” she said.

The DPP said the two accused had been charged in a Petaling Jaya Sessions Court for robbing and raping a 31-year-old woman and were denied bail.

Kalidas has an additional charge of forcing the woman to perform oral sex on him and another charge in the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court for a drug-related case.

DPP Hana Hadinah said Kalidas also has a robbery case pending at the Selayang magistrate’s court.