3 booked for raping 19-year-old in Amritsar

: Three persons have been booked for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl at Sehnewali village, 26km from the district headquarters, police said on Wednesday.

The accused have been identified as Roopneet Singh aka Baz, Bhodu and Sajjan Singh, all of the same village.

A case has been registered at Kathunangal police station on the complaint of the victim who hails from another village in Amritsar.

The complainant said, “Roopneet’s paternal aunt has been living in our village. He used to come to our village frequently, soon we became good friends and later, I feel in love with him. He had promised to marry me.”

“On January 28, the accused took me to a room at his village’s tubewell. Where the other two accused were already present. The trio raped me there,” she added.

Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Bhupinder Kaur of Kathunangal police station said the victim lodged the complaint on Tuesday, following which a case under Sections 376-D (punishment for rape) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused.

“Efforts are being made to nab the accused who are at large,” the ASI said.

VICTIM ALLEGED THAT THE THREE ACCUSED RAPED HER AT A ROOM NEAR THE VILLAGE’S TUBEWELL ON JANUARY 28