Physically challenged girl gang-raped by auto drivers
GHAZIABAD: A physically challenged 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped on Wednesday night by two auto-rickshaw drivers who offered to drop her home, but took her to the house of their accomplice in Sahibabad.
The police have registered a case of gang-rape under IPC Section 376D and also charged them under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act at the Sahibabad police station.
According to the police, the girl, who is movement impaired, worked part time in a cloth factory on Meerut Road and was on her way back home. Around 9pm, she was waiting at the Old Bus Stand, when an auto driver offered to drop her home.
“Instead of driving her home, the driver took another route and also asked her for her mobile phone. He told her that he wants to call his friend as the auto had developed a snag.
From her phone, he called up two friends, one of whom was Ravi. When the two men arrived, they pretended to repair the vehicle and then drove her to Ravi’s house in Garima Garden,” Rakesh Mishr, circle officer (Sahibabad), said. The girl hails from Amethi.
The police said the trio drove the girl for 10km, from the Old Bus Stand to Sahibabad. At Ravi’s residence in Garima Garden, they allegedly gang-raped her and later fled. The victim took help from local women and informed the police. She was later taken to the police station where she filed a complaint. She told us that of the three, two auto drivers raped her,” Mishr said.
The girl said, “The auto driver offered to drop me home but he took a different route which I was not aware of. He told me that he will drop me home by another route. After the incident I took help from locals and called up the police helpline.”
Following her complaint, the police conducted a late night raid at the house where the incident took place and arrested Ravi. However, the two other drivers could not be located. The police said that they have got leads from Ravi about the men.
THE POLICE SAID THE TRIO DROVE THE GIRL FOR 10KM, FROM THE OLD BUS STAND TO SAHIBABAD.