Hisar woman alleges rape in moving auto-rickshaw

AUTORICKSHAW DRIVER COMMITS CRIME AFTER HANDING OVER KEYS TO HIS FRIEND TO DRIVE THE THREEWHEELER, SAYS COMPLAINANT

HISAR :A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a moving autorickshaw near Sat rod village in Hisar district on Monday night.

The auto-rick shaw driver himself committed the crime after he handed over the keys to his friend to drive the three-wheeler, according to the complaint.

The incident comes less than three weeks after a 21-year-old woman was gang-raped by an auto-rickshaw driver and his friends posing as passengers in Chandigarh on November 17.

Police registered a case under Sections 376-D (gang-rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code against the three accused.

The crime investigation agency (CIA), which started probe into the matter, said its team has rounded up some autorickshaw drivers.

Police spokesperson Chan der Bhan said, “The victim is a mother of three and works in a beauty parlour at Barwala town of the district. A case was lodged at the women police station."

In her complaint, the victim said she after waiting for outside the Barwala bus stand for a few minutes, she boarded an autorick shaw about 7.30 pm to return to Hisar after she was done with her job. She said the passengers, numbered eight to 10, got down from the auto-rick shaw at Suryanagar after which the driver handed over the vehicle to his friend and sat next to her.

“While another accomplice of the two flashed a weapon at me threatening to kill me, the driver raped me in the moving vehicle ," the victim alleged in the police complaint.

She said that three fled from the spot after dumping her about 2km from the Satrod military cantonment. She later called her husband who took her to the women police station to file a complaint.