Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Another woman from Rewari alleges gangrape in Jind

- Press Trust of India

CHANDIGARH:CLOSE on the heels of a gangrape of a woman from Rewari, another woman hailing from the district on Monday alleged that she was raped by two persons, who kidnapped and dragged her in the fields in Haryana’s Jind district.

Jind police have lodged an FIR on the complaint of the woman, who is a widow. The woman approached the police in Julana in Jind, alleging that she was gangraped.

“The complaint was forwarded to the women police station (in Jind) where the case was registered,” Julana police station SHO Surender Singh said over the phone.

When contacted, an official of the women’s police station, Jind, said the woman in her complaint on Monday stated that she had come from Kosli in Rewari district to purchase some medicines for her ailment from Jind.

“The complainan­t stated that she belongs to Rewari district and had come to Julana to buy some medicines for some ailment. When she was nearing the chemist shop, two bike-borne men approached her and after enquiring about her health condition, offered alternate therapy to treat her,” the official said.

The woman agreed to accompany them after they told her that they belonged to Poli village in Julana, the official said.

“The complainan­t further alleged that instead the two accused took her to some field where they raped her,” she said.

The official said both accused had been identified and efforts were on to nab them.

“A case has been registered on the complaint of the woman under IPC Sections 376-D (gangrape), 366 (kidnapping) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtheranc­e of common intention),” she said, adding further investigat­ion was underway.

GIRL KIDNAPPED, MOLESTED IN PANIPAT

KARNAL: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and molested in Panipat on Monday by around 10 men.

The girl’s family complained to the police that the accused gave the girl some intoxicant and took her to a farmhouse in a village of Panipat district.

The police said that the victim could only recall the name of one of the accused, Mohit Kumar, which the men were using. The police said the victim’s father has complained of sexual harassment but ruled out rape in the complaint.

However, Panipat DSP Jagdeep Doon said the family did not agree for the girl’s medical examinatio­n and now the police will record her statement before the magistrate on Tuesday. He said that the FIR against 10 unidentifi­ed accused was registered under Sections 10 of the POCSO Act and 354 A (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtheranc­e of common intention) of the IPC.

In the police complaint, the father of the victim alleged that sround 10 people came in a black car and made her unconsciou­s with some intoxicant and took her in the car.

He said a farmer working in the fields noticed them and informed him (the father).

They later found her alone lying unconsciou­s in the fields following which, they informed the police and took her to the Panipat civil hospital, the father said in his statement.

The DSP said that the girl was taken to the Panipat civil hospital and her condition was normal.

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